palmyra

n. [植]扇叶树头榈(等于palmyra palm)

发音

/pælˈmaɪɹə/

词形变化

palmyras 复数 palmyras

别名

palmira

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.

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词源

From Portuguese palmeira (“palm tree”), from palma (“palm, palm tree”) + -eria (“-tree: forming tree names”), from Old Galician-Portuguese -eira (“-plant: forming plant names from their fruit”), from Latin -āria (“-ary: forming feminine nouns including plant names”).

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