Noun: palmyra pal'mI-ru
- Tall fan palm of Africa, India, and Malaysia yielding hard wood and sweet sap; leaves used for thatching and weaving
"Palmyra palm sap is fermented to produce toddy";
- palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
Derived forms: palmyras
Type of: fan palm
Part of: Borassus, genus Borassus
Encyclopedia: Palmyra, Pennsylvania