| NOUN | plant | palmyra palm, palmyra, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer | 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 |
|---|
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | palmyra, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer | |
| Member of | Borassus, genus Borassus | palmyra |
| Broader | fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves |
| Substances | bassine | coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms |
| Spanish | lontar, Palmira | |
| Catalan | lontar, Palmira | |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots