palmyra

See also: Palmyra

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pælˈmaɪɹə/

Noun

palmyra (plural palmyras)

1. 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

Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree

• Assamese: তাল (tal)
• Bengali: তাল (bn) (tal)
• Bulgarian: индийска палма f (indijska palma)
• Hindi: ताड़ (hi) m (tāṛ), ताल (hi) m (tāl)
• Japanese: オウギヤシ (ōgiyashi), ウチワヤシ (uchiwayashi)
• Kannada: ತಾಟಿನುಂಗು (kn) (tāṭinuṅgu)
• Pali: tāla m
• Portuguese: cibe (pt) m

References

• “palmyra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• palmary