Palmyra
[pæl'maɪrə]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
Typist: Sharif
Definition
n. an East Indian palm furnishing the greater part of the palm-wine of India (Toddy).—adj. and n. Palmyrene′ pertaining to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra or Tadmor.
Typist: Nathaniel
Examples
- After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such was that Odenathus of Palmyra, whose brief career we have noted in chap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For a brief time under Odenathus, and then under his widow Zenobia, Palmyra was a considerable state, wedged between the two empires. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For quickly the fair proportion of this edifice would be more defaced, than are the sand-choked ruins of the desert temples of Palmyra. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Out in the desert, Palmyra stood empty and desolate save for a garrison in the castle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From Palmyra I proceeded to Salt River, the railroad bridge over which had been destroyed by the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I took my regiment to Palmyra and remained there for a few days, until relieved by the 19th Illinois infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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