palmyra

  1. Proper noun.  (historical) an ancient Aramaic oasis-city in Syria, on the site of present-day Tadmor.
  2. Noun.  A palm, ''Borassus flabelliformis'', with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.

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