palmyra
/pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/ noun, proper noun
Forms palmyras
- noun A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
- proper noun An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village.
- proper noun A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States.
- proper noun A town and village therein, in Wayne County, New York, United States.
- proper noun A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
- proper noun A number of townships in the United States, listed under Palmyra Township.
Synonyms
brab palmyra palm toddy palm wine palm lontar longar palm Borassus flabellifer
Etymology
From Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), from palma (“palm, palm tree”) + -eria (“-tree: forming tree names”), from Old Galician-Portuguese -eira (“-plant: forming plant names from their fruit”), from Latin -āria (“-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names”).
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Webster’s 1913
- noun A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “palmyra”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details