"palmyra" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pælˈmaɪɹə/ Forms: palmyras [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|pt|palmeira||palm tree}} Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), {{der|en|roa-opt|-eira||-plant: forming plant names from their fruit}} Old Galician-Portuguese -eira (“-plant: forming plant names from their fruit”), {{der|en|la|-āria||-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names}} Latin -āria (“-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names”) Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Palm trees Translations (Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree): তাল (tal) (Assamese), তাল (tal) (Bengali), индийска палма (indijska palma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ताड़ (tāṛ) [masculine] (Hindi), ताल (tāl) [masculine] (Hindi), オウギヤシ (ōgiyashi) (Japanese), ウチワヤシ (uchiwayashi) (Japanese), ತಾಟಿನುಂಗು (tāṭinuṅgu) (Kannada), tāla [masculine] (Pali), cibe [masculine] (Portuguese)

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