palmyra noun. [pal'mʌɪrǝ] Orig. palmeira. L17.
[Portuguese palmeira palm tree, erron. respelt like Palmyra (see PALMYRENE).]
A tall fan palm of tropical Asia, Borassus flabellifer, commonly cultivated in the Indian subcontinent for its leaves which are used for thatch, matting, paper, etc., for its sap which yields palm wine and palm sugar, and for its edible fruit.

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