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PALMYRA
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
Borassus flabellifer; longar palm; lontar; palmyra; palmyra palm; toddy palm; wine palm
Classified under:
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)
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