Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of diœcious palms, containing a single species, a native of Africa and extensively cultivated in the East Indies. See
palmyra .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of palm trees including the
palmyra (Borassus flabellifer , formerlyBorassus flabelliformis ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun palmyra
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Examples
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The fruit of palmyra tree that is mistakenly called “Sea Coconut” (Nonggu in Tamil) (Borassus flabellifers), which is available during hot and dry season in Penang, South India, Thailand, and a few more countries near the equator, is extremely alkaline.
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Terminalia spp. including T. avicennioides, shea nut Butyrospermum parkii, Uapaca somon, Lophira lanceolata, Protea elliotii, Burkea Africana, the nationally threatened Borassus aethiopum (VU), Mitragyna inermis, Entada abyssinica with a grassy ground cover of Andropogon spp.
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As Chinese and Arabic travelers observed, before the introduction of paper, the Indians used bhurja (Baetula bhojpattr), or cotton clothing, or parchments, or tada-tala (Borassus flabelliformis) to write.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Many of these species are also present in the gallery forests, which occupy much of the remaining 30% of the area, and which also support Anogeissus leiocarpus, Borassus aethiopum, Mitragyna inermis, Vitex chrysoclada, and hold Cola laurifolia and Kigelia aethiopum.
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River bank species also include Khaya senegalensis, Erythrophleum suaveoleus, Ceiba pentandra, Detarium senegalense, Syzygium guineense, Afzelia africana, and Borassus.
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Borassus and Corypha palms are good indicators of the seasonal climates that generate deciduous forests in the region.
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The dominant savanna tree is lontar palm Borassus flabellifer, which occurs individually or in scattered stands.
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Borassus and Corypha palms are good indicators of the seasonal climates that generate deciduous forests in the region.
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There are also two types of savanna in this ecoregion: a Borassus flabellifer savanna that occurs from sea level to 400 m on Komodo, Rinca, and the north and south coasts of Flores; and the Ziziphus mauritiana savanna, which occurs on more sandy clay alluvial, and sometimes water-logged, soil.
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The northern half of the delta is characterized by emergent sand ridges and the palms Hyphaene thebaica and Borassus aethiopum that occur in higher frequency near villages.
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