palmyra palm

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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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Are like the withered trunk-tops of palmyra palm trees;

Text of Letter to a Friend Nagarjuna 2006
Boni: ong Chonyi: mnazi, nazi (fruit) Digo: dzova, mvumo, ngolokolo (fruit), Duruma: mugumo English: borassus palm, African fan palm, palmyra palm, deleb palm Giriama: mugumo

Chapter 7 1999
They will draw _tari_ or palm-juice only from the _sindi_ palm (_Phoenix sylvestris_) and not from the palmyra palm (_Borassics flabelliformis_).

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
In fact, there is no more seducing and delicious drink in all India than the sap of the palmyra palm; but it is also very intoxicating, and is used too freely by the natives of the country where this splendid tree flourishes.

The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850
Once exclusively the byproduct of the palmyra palm, today palm sugar has become a generic term for the cooked sap of coconut, date and other trees.

unknown title 2009
Once exclusively the byproduct of the palmyra palm, today palm sugar has become a generic term for the cooked sap of coconut, date and other trees.

unknown title 2009
Once exclusively the byproduct of the palmyra palm, today palm sugar has become a generic term for the cooked sap of coconut, date and other trees.

unknown title 2009