palmyra

Definition of Palmyra in English :

Noun

1. borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm

tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

1.

an ancient city in central Syria: said to have been built by Solomon

. Biblical name: Tadmor

2.

an island in the central Pacific, in the Line Islands: under US administration

noun

a tall tropical Asian palm, Borassus flabellifer, with large fan-shaped leaves used for thatching and weaving; grown also for its edible seedlings

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ancient city in central Syria, northeast of Damascus: now the site of a village

noun

a fan palm (Borassus flabellifer) grown in India, Sri Lanka, and tropical Africa for its durable wood, its edible fruits, its leaves used for thatching, etc.

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1. An ancient city of central Syria northeast of Damascus. Said to have been built by Solomon, it prospered under the Romans until it was partially destroyed by the emperor Aurelian after a people's revolt in AD 273.

2. A city of western New York southeast of Rochester on the Erie Canal. Joseph Smith founded the Mormon Church here in 1830.

n.

Any of several tall fan-leaved palm trees of the genus Borassus, especially B. flabellifer of tropical Asia, valued for its sweet sap. Also called palmyra palm.

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