palmyran.

Brit.

/palˈmʌɪrə/, U.S.

/pælˈmaɪrə/

Forms: 1600s palmero, 1700s palmeira, 1700s palmira, 1800s– palmyra, 1800s– palmyrah.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese palmeira.

Etymology: < Portuguese palmeira palm tree (see palmer n.³). The form palmyra (the usual modern spelling) apparently represents a reanalysis by folk etymology as if < Palmyra , the name of a city of Syria (see Palmyrene n. and adj.).In form palmero (see quot. 1698 at main sense) perhaps after Italian †palmero (see palmer n.³).

A tall palm, Borassus flabellifer, with large fan-shaped leaves, native to southern Asia and widely cultivated for a variety of purposes. Also: the related B. aethiopum of East Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms

prickly palm1666

thorny palm1666

palm1681

sagwire1681

wine-palm1681

prickle-palm1684

prickly pole1696

brab1698

palmyra1698

thatch-tree1756

double coconut1775

nibong1779

nipa1779

rhapis1789

cocorite1796

groo-groo1796

borassus1798

cohune1805

traveller's tree1809

tucum1810

gomuti1811

taliera1814

lontar1820

salak1820

ground-rattan1823

geonoma1824

tucuma1824

nikau1827

wax-palm1830

murumuru1834

piassava1835

traveller's palm1850

bangalow1851

inajá palm1853

jacitara1853

peach palm1853

pupunha palm1853

jipijapa1858

urucuri1860

climbing palm1863

sea-apple1864

Alexandra palm1865

coquito1866

thatch1866

thatch-palm1866

açai1868

walking-stick palm1869

kentia1870

toquilla1877

Guadalupe palm1895

tortoiseshell palm1902

pimpler1909

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree

palmeOE

palm treeOE

palmerc1400

brab1698

palmyra1698

borassus1798

lontar1820

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm

palmyra1698

porcupine wood1779

cabbage wood1829

palmyra wood1846

nutmeg-wooda1854

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 199 The Poorer [Buildings] are made of Boughs or Oleas of the Palmeroes, or Leafs of Teke.

1718 A. W. Boehm Propagation Gospel in East: Pt. III 85 (note) Leaves of a Tree called Palmeira.

1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 90 The interval..was planted with rows of palmira and coco-nut trees.

1828 Asiatic Costumes 45 The punkha, or fan, represented in the plate, is the leaf of the palmyra.

1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board I. vii. 138 Sixty trees, twenty-nine of which were fruitful palmyras capable of supporting a native family.

1946 A. P. Bentall Trees of Calcutta 445 Both Hindus and Buddhists regard the palmyra with veneration, probably because the sacred scriptures were in ancient times written on its leaves.

1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) ii. 37 He..hankers after prodigious slabs of time..in which he can..lounge with her pink-stone benches beneath the palmyras by the sea.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

palmyra-climber n.

ΚΠ

1900 G. Smith Twelve Pioneer Missionaries 196 The palmyra-climbers make use of a sort of movable girdle to help them in climbing the trees.

1934 Times 14 Sept. 8/4 The people near by, who were shepherds and palmyra palm climbers, said occasionally they put offerings on the grave to keep the occupant quiet.]

palmyra fibre n.

ΚΠ

1898 Times 8 Oct. 5/3 Ceylon ballots sold well. Fibre ballots dull and lower. Palmyra fibre flat.

1954 O. H. K. Spate India & Pakistan xxv. 736 Highly specialised local products include senna leaves, palmyra fibre, and chank (conch) shells for the Calcutta bracelet trade.

palmyra leaf n.

ΚΠ

1877 Times 21 Feb. 5/5 Nearly 20 long huts..had already been constructed with bamboo poles, coarse cocoanut matting, and palmyra leaves.

1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages I. vi. 103 The liquor after being boiled down to the consistency of syrup is poured into small baskets made of the palmyra leaf.

1995 B. L. Moore Cultural Power, Resistance & Pluralism vii. 160 The roof was always thatched with palm, coconut or palmyra leaves.

palmyra-nut n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > other types of stone-fruit

golden apple1787

palmyra-nut1854

1854 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Veg. Kingdom 376 Eating the bulb or root, which is the first shoot from the Palmyra nut.

1995 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 31 Sold specially during the month of Ramadan are wajik,..palmyra-nut kernels and dates glistening with syrup.

palmyra palm n.

ΚΠ

1846 Littell's Living Age 3 Jan. 32/2 Made by thickening the juice of various kinds of palm—principally the Palmyra palm.

1916 E. V. Wilcox Trop. Agric. xii. 182 The Palmyra palm..of India, Africa, and other tropical countries produces a fiber from the leaf sheaths resembling piassava.

2002 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 20 It was a picturesque journey—past elegant palmyra palms floating surreally above fields of green sugar cane.

palmyra tree n.

ΚΠ

1841 Biblical Repertory 13 484 The principal cause of drunkenness among them is toddy, the fermented juice of the palmyra tree.

1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down xi. 128 High in a palmyra tree.., the dry slapping of an enormous fan-shaped branch.

1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies iii. x. 318 A maze of lanes that spun you past scrubs and bushes and palmyrah trees.

C2.

palmyra wood n. the wood of the palmyra, and (formerly also) of the coconut palm.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm

palmyra1698

porcupine wood1779

cabbage wood1829

palmyra wood1846

nutmeg-wooda1854

1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 138 Palmyra wood is produced by Borassus flabelliformis.

1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 273/1 Palmyrah-wood, the trunk of a palm-tree (the Borassus flabelliformis) which is largely used in Ceylon and Southern India for rafters, joists, reepers and other building purposes.

1996 Wood News 6 20 (heading) Palmyrah wood—a potential source of wood raw material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	palmyra
释义	palmyran. Brit. /palˈmʌɪrə/, U.S. /pælˈmaɪrə/ Forms: 1600s palmero, 1700s palmeira, 1700s palmira, 1800s– palmyra, 1800s– palmyrah. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese palmeira. Etymology: < Portuguese palmeira palm tree (see palmer n.³). The form palmyra (the usual modern spelling) apparently represents a reanalysis by folk etymology as if < Palmyra , the name of a city of Syria (see Palmyrene n. and adj.).In form palmero (see quot. 1698 at main sense) perhaps after Italian †palmero (see palmer n.³). A tall palm, Borassus flabellifer, with large fan-shaped leaves, native to southern Asia and widely cultivated for a variety of purposes. Also: the related B. aethiopum of East Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree palmeOE palm treeOE palmerc1400 brab1698 palmyra1698 borassus1798 lontar1820 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm palmyra1698 porcupine wood1779 cabbage wood1829 palmyra wood1846 nutmeg-wooda1854 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 199 The Poorer [Buildings] are made of Boughs or Oleas of the Palmeroes, or Leafs of Teke. 1718 A. W. Boehm Propagation Gospel in East: Pt. III 85 (note) Leaves of a Tree called Palmeira. 1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 90 The interval..was planted with rows of palmira and coco-nut trees. 1828 Asiatic Costumes 45 The punkha, or fan, represented in the plate, is the leaf of the palmyra. 1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board I. vii. 138 Sixty trees, twenty-nine of which were fruitful palmyras capable of supporting a native family. 1946 A. P. Bentall Trees of Calcutta 445 Both Hindus and Buddhists regard the palmyra with veneration, probably because the sacred scriptures were in ancient times written on its leaves. 1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) ii. 37 He..hankers after prodigious slabs of time..in which he can..lounge with her pink-stone benches beneath the palmyras by the sea. Compounds C1. General attributive. palmyra-climber n. ΚΠ 1900 G. Smith Twelve Pioneer Missionaries 196 The palmyra-climbers make use of a sort of movable girdle to help them in climbing the trees. 1934 Times 14 Sept. 8/4 The people near by, who were shepherds and palmyra palm climbers, said occasionally they put offerings on the grave to keep the occupant quiet.] palmyra fibre n. ΚΠ 1898 Times 8 Oct. 5/3 Ceylon ballots sold well. Fibre ballots dull and lower. Palmyra fibre flat. 1954 O. H. K. Spate India & Pakistan xxv. 736 Highly specialised local products include senna leaves, palmyra fibre, and chank (conch) shells for the Calcutta bracelet trade. palmyra leaf n. ΚΠ 1877 Times 21 Feb. 5/5 Nearly 20 long huts..had already been constructed with bamboo poles, coarse cocoanut matting, and palmyra leaves. 1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages I. vi. 103 The liquor after being boiled down to the consistency of syrup is poured into small baskets made of the palmyra leaf. 1995 B. L. Moore Cultural Power, Resistance & Pluralism vii. 160 The roof was always thatched with palm, coconut or palmyra leaves. palmyra-nut n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > other types of stone-fruit golden apple1787 palmyra-nut1854 1854 P. L. Simmonds Comm. Products Veg. Kingdom 376 Eating the bulb or root, which is the first shoot from the Palmyra nut. 1995 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 31 Sold specially during the month of Ramadan are wajik,..palmyra-nut kernels and dates glistening with syrup. palmyra palm n. ΚΠ 1846 Littell's Living Age 3 Jan. 32/2 Made by thickening the juice of various kinds of palm—principally the Palmyra palm. 1916 E. V. Wilcox Trop. Agric. xii. 182 The Palmyra palm..of India, Africa, and other tropical countries produces a fiber from the leaf sheaths resembling piassava. 2002 Guardian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 20 It was a picturesque journey—past elegant palmyra palms floating surreally above fields of green sugar cane. palmyra tree n. ΚΠ 1841 Biblical Repertory 13 484 The principal cause of drunkenness among them is toddy, the fermented juice of the palmyra tree. 1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down xi. 128 High in a palmyra tree.., the dry slapping of an enormous fan-shaped branch. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies iii. x. 318 A maze of lanes that spun you past scrubs and bushes and palmyrah trees. C2. palmyra wood n. the wood of the palmyra, and (formerly also) of the coconut palm. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > palm palmyra1698 porcupine wood1779 cabbage wood1829 palmyra wood1846 nutmeg-wooda1854 1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 138 Palmyra wood is produced by Borassus flabelliformis. 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 273/1 Palmyrah-wood, the trunk of a palm-tree (the Borassus flabelliformis) which is largely used in Ceylon and Southern India for rafters, joists, reepers and other building purposes. 1996 Wood News 6 20 (heading) Palmyrah wood—a potential source of wood raw material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1698
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