PALMYRA


Meaning of PALMYRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pal-ˈmī-rə ]

noun

Etymology: Portuguese palmeira, from palma palm, from Latin

Date: 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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