Palmyra

(noun.) tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving.

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• After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Such was that Odenathus of Palmyra, whose brief career we have noted in chap. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For a brief time under Odenathus, and then under his widow Zenobia, Palmyra was a considerable state, wedged between the two empires. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For quickly the fair proportion of this edifice would be more defaced, than are the sand-choked ruins of the desert temples of Palmyra. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Out in the desert, Palmyra stood empty and desolate save for a garrison in the castle. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• From Palmyra I proceeded to Salt River, the railroad bridge over which had been destroyed by the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I took my regiment to Palmyra and remained there for a few days, until relieved by the 19th Illinois infantry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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