borassusn.
/bɒˈrasəs/ Botany.
A genus of palms, including two species, of which B. flabelliformis the Palmyra Palm, yields palm-wine and palm-sugar.
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palmyra1698
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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
1798 S. H. Wilcocke in tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies I. 377 (note) At Ceylon..the leaves of the borassus palm-tree..are used instead of paper.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. vi. 131 A forest of borassus palms.
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