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Palmyra
Palmyra Pal*my"ra, n. (Bot.) 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.

Meaning of Palmyra from wikipedia

- Palmyra (/pælˈmaɪrə/ pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴‎ (), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized: Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part...
- Palmyra Atoll (/pælˈmaɪrə/), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati)...
- Palmyra Township may refer to: Palmyra Township, Lee County, Illinois Palmyra Township, Knox County, Indiana Palmyra Township, Warren County, Iowa, in...
- Palmyra sprout (also known as Palmyra tuber) is an underground sprout of the Palmyra palm or Bor****us flabellifer. It can be dried or boiled to form Odiyal...
- Palmyra is the ancient Gr**** name for the Syrian city of Tadmur. For the modern city of Palmyra (near ancient Palmyra) see Palmyra (modern) Palmyra may...
- of Palmyra may refer to: Battle of Palmyra (1941), a World War II battle in which the United Kingdom captured Palmyra from Vichy France. Palmyra offensive...
- ruler of the city, Odaenathus. Her husband became king in 260, elevating Palmyra to supreme power in the Near East by defeating the Sasanian Empire of Persia...
- Palmyra (Pennsylvania German: Pallemschteddel) is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania Metropolitan...
- The Palmyra offensive (March 2016) was a military operation of the Syrian Arab Army, supported by Russian airstrikes, to recapture from the Islamic State...
- Palmyra High School may refer to: Palmyra High School, in Palmyra, Illinois Palmyra High School (Missouri), Marion County, Missouri Junior-Senior High...