Palmyra n. : A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.

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city, town of Palmyra, Syria, temple, Romans, Ancient City, Monuments of Syria, Ba'al, Temple of Bel, Burns, Ross, London, New York, Tadmor Prison, free encyclopedia, excavations, The church, busts.

Defination from the web:
Palmyra, a wealthy and elegant city located along the caravan routes linking Persia with the Mediterranean ports of ... Palmyra was made part of the Roman province of Syria during the reign of Tiberius (14–37) ...