palmyra
A palm with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and…A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
Meaning
1 sensesA palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
- 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
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), from palma (“palm, palm tree”) + -eria (“-tree: foFrom Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), from palma (“palm, palm tree”) + -eria (“-tree: forming tree names”), from Old Galician-Portuguese -eira (“-plant: forming plant names from their fruit”), from Latin -āria (“-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names”).
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Forms
plural: palmyrasSynonyms
7 synonyms- 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:palmyra palmtoddy palmwine palmlontarlongar palmBorassus flabellifer
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