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Definition of Palmyra palm
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Fan Palm
Group relationships: Borassus, Genus Borassus
Terms within: Bassine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmyra Palm
Literary usage of Palmyra palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... Trees—Trees with Fantastic Roots—Mangroves—Marsh Forests—Palms—The Cocoa
Palm—The Sago Palm—The Saguer Palm—The Areca Palm—The palmyra palm—The Talipot ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The palmyra palm abounds greatly in the north of Ceylon, forming extensive forests;
and the timber is exported to the opposite coast of India, ..."
3. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"The palmyra palm is the most common palm of India, growing spontaneously in many
... The palmyra palm abounds greatly in the n. of Ceylon, forming extensive ..."
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