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palmyra — noun Etymology: Portuguese palmeira, from palma palm, from Latin Date: 1698 a tall fan leaved palm (Borassus flabellifer) of India cultivated for its hard resistant wood, fiber, and sugar rich sap called also palmyra palm … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Borassus flabellifer — Asian palmyra palm, Sugar palm Borassus flabellifer Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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bassine — noun coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Substance Holonyms: ↑palmyra, ↑palmyra palm, ↑toddy palm, ↑wine palm, ↑lontar, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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bassine — assine n. 1. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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