Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The palmyra-palm, Borassus flabellifer. See
palmyra , 1.
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Examples
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The hat-palm, a brab or wild date, the spine-palm (Phœnix spinosa), and the Okumeh or cotton-tree disputed the ground with the foul Rhizophora.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Fruit grows almost wild, but it is not prized as an article of food; the plantains are coarse and bad, grapes seldom come to maturity; although the brab flourishes in every ravine, and the palm becomes
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The hat-palm, a brab or wild date, the spine-palm (Phnix spinosa), and the Okumeh or cotton-tree disputed the ground with the foul Rhizophora.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Fruit grows almost wild, but it is not prized as an article of food; the plantains are coarse and bad, grapes seldom come to maturity; although the brab flourishes in every ravine, and the palm becomes a lofty tree, it has not been taught to fructify, and the citizens do not know how to dress, preserve, or pickle their limes and citrons.
First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855
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JMw ale ten brab r | hicr iir bmeí pří UJIfatDř kj |, fřálo i & nrf pařili.
Nowá Kronyka cžeská, w kteréž přjběhy obywatelůw země Cžeské od počátku až do nyněgssjch časů [do leta 1378] Pelcl, František Martin, 1734?-1801 1791
hernesheir commented on the word brab
A name for the palmyra palm.
December 7, 2010