Palmyra: alternatives and connections

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, m…

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…

tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds

any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers an…

The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a…

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty…

The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, et…

Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago

elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of…

tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts

any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers an…

Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.