[pal.my.ra] n [Pg palmeira, fr. palma palm, fr. L] (1698): a tall fan-leaved palm (Borassus flabellifer) of India cultivated for its hard resistant wood, fiber, and sugar-rich sap--called also palmyra palm
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Meaning of PALMYRA in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012