palmyra
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See also: Palmyra
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]palmyra (plural palmyras)
- A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
- Synonym: (India) brab
Translations
[edit]Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree
References
[edit]- “palmyra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.