PALMYRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palmyra mean? 

• PALMYRA (noun)
  The noun PALMYRA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PALMYRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMYRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Borassus flabellifer; longar palm; lontar; palmyra; palmyra palm; toddy palm; wine palm

Hypernyms ("palmyra" is a kind of...):

fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)

Meronyms (substance of "palmyra"):

bassine (coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms)

Holonyms ("palmyra" is a member of...):

Borassus; genus Borassus (palmyra)