| 单词 | palmyra |
| 例句 | While removable wallpaper may not be in the cards for me, others shouldn't be denied the pure joy of a palmyra leaf-covered wall. 6 removable wallpaper mistakes I'll never make again 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z “As we approached Jaffna, we sensed the smell of its palmyra” palm trees, which are common in the north. ‘Queen of Jaffna’ to link Sri Lanka’s north again 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z "As we approached Jaffna, we sensed the smell of its palmyra" palm trees common in the north. 'Queen of Jaffna' to link Sri Lanka's north again 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The cost of planting and maintaining a palmyra fence is about one-fifth the cost of an electric fence and money spent on electricity would be saved. Fence to stem human-elephant conflict 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z LI, 13, for 'cymbals twain' read 'twin palmyra fruits.' Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z So she brought out a palmyra leaf and wrote on it with an iron nail all her sufferings in the wood, and requested her brothers to come and relieve her. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z He had in his hand a leaf from an old palmyra leaf book, and, as he walked round and round the patient, he pretended to be reading. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The palms of the presidency consist of cocoa-nut, date, palmyra and areca catechu. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Work is also underway to a develop new hybrid varieties of palmyra with higher germination rates and longer life spans. Fence to stem human-elephant conflict 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Her beauteous breasts surpass the honey apple, or twin palmyra fruits, Or golden jars, mountains, or goblets: Her arms excel the lotus-root and jungle-rope. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z On went his steed, and still he held on to the palmyra tree. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z It is believed that, after biting a human being, it ascends the nearest palmyra palm, where it waits until it sees the smoke ascending from the funeral pyre of the victim. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Looking down the stream, which was rolling slowly on its course towards the sea, between banks where the palmyra and cocoa-palms grew in clumps, seven elephants were swimming the river. The Ruined Cities of Zululand However Mr Perera said it takes a minimum of eight years for the palmyra trees to grow and until then, the existing mechanism of either a barbed wire or electrical fence will need to remain. Fence to stem human-elephant conflict 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The palmyra palm and the ebony-tree furnish the only timber which resists the serious ravages of these white ants. The Pearl of India Though now fighting for his own life, the people that were watching him from a great distance thought him to be flying to the battlefield, armed with a palmyra tree! Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z The palmyra scroll is hung up on an iron spear in the compound of the temple before the shrine. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Groups of cocoa-nut and palmyra grew here and there; the gum copal threw its shadow over the glancing water; and large ebony trees of monstrous growth, thickly covered with mantling creepers, bent over the stream. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The palmyra fence is an attempt to find a sustainable solution to human-elephant conflict. Fence to stem human-elephant conflict 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Hereabouts, but particularly to the northward on the Jaffna peninsula, the palmyra palm is found in profusion, with its black straight stem crowned by a thick sheaf of pinnate leaves. The Pearl of India Presently the horse reached the other side of the river, where there was a big palmyra tree, which a recent flood had left almost uprooted and ready to fall at the slightest touch. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z By some Muhammadans, on festival days, the names of holy persons, together with their sayings, are written on mango or palmyra leaves in ink made of charred rice. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Bound with palmyra rope, and the baboon firmly tied in its usual position on his shoulders, Luji’s face seemed the very picture of abject terror, while the ape, fairly cowed, jibbered and moaned. The Ruined Cities of Zululand But a "fence" of palmyra trees is starting to yield success. Fence to stem human-elephant conflict 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Of all the varieties of the palm, the palmyra, with the exception of the date, has the widest geographical distribution. The Pearl of India Near the ant there was a big palmyra tree lying on the ground, which the eldest took with him to keep off the tiger. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z The leaves of the banyan being ovate, and somewhat cordate or heart-shaped, of course presented quite a contrast to the large stiff fronds of the palmyra. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Masheesh now entered, his first impulse being to pass his sharp knife over the palmyra rope which yet bound the white men’s hands as he did so. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The long avenues of palms of different varieties—palmyra, talipot, sago, royal, sealing-wax—and the specimens of bamboo, India rubber, and rain-tree, are unique and wonderful. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The Tamils have a proverb to the effect that "The palmyra lives for a lac of years after planting, and lasts for a lac of years when felled." The Pearl of India This palmyra leaf she tied to the neck of the crow, which, seeming to understand her thoughts, flew to her village and sat down before one of her brothers. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z Maybe he was going up for the nuts of the palmyra? The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The palmyra rope which cut into his flesh was removed, and his feet firmly tied apart to two small wooden pins driven into the ground. The Ruined Cities of Zululand At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Among them are talipots, palmyras, cocoanuts, the slender areca, the date palm, and the fan palm, already described, spreading out its broad leaves like a peacock's tail. The Pearl of India The modern name, Cape Palmyras, from the palmyras Borassus flabelliformis, which abound there agrees remarkably with the description of the poet who speaks of the groves of these trees. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse As already stated, the palmyra nuts grow to the size of a child’s head. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains The green bank slopes down to the water’s edge, and the turf, dotted with its clumps of palmyra, acacia, and date-trees, looks for all the world like a gentleman’s park. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The blacks, as soon as they reached the banks, began cutting away at a grove of reeds, a species of palmyra. In the Wilds of Africa It has, however, large groves of cocoanut and palmyra palms, with very good pasturage. The Pearl of India Besides these, there were wild dates and palmyra trees, and many others too numerous to mention, but the peculiar characteristics of which I carefully jotted down in my note-book. The Gorilla Hunters In the same way they visit those parts of the country where the palmyra palm flourishes, at the time the fruit from its ripeness is about to fall to the ground. My First Voyage to Southern Seas A rope of palmyra fibre was brought, and the women then proceeded to swathe it round with the cord, giving the body a sitting position. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Sometimes it runs like a creeper along the ground, and at others it climbs the stems of the palmyra and areca palms in little patches, which are carefully guarded by rough paling. Mark Seaworth This region is well wooded, the predominating tree being the palmyra palm. The Pearl of India Ay, there it is, fifty yards or so ahead of us, with a palmyra tree on it. The Gorilla Hunters Among the most beautiful trees was the lontar or palmyra palm—Borassus flabelliformis. In the Eastern Seas Dravidian occupational caste of northern India, whose hereditary employment is the tapping of the palmyra, date and other palm trees for their sap. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Groves of palmyra, and teak, and palms were dotted about the scene, and in the midst of the valley rose a tall house of stone. Jack Haydon's Quest The young leaves of the palmyra palm are also employed for manuscripts, or rather were until lately. The Pearl of India This was caused, he p. 113found, by the iron pens upon the palmyra leaves upon which most of the native congregation were taking notes, writing nearly as fast as the minister spoke. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Yes; I know it by the cluster of palmyra trees. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India If, on the other hand, those enemies succeed in subjugating him, he falls down from that high status like a person falling down on the ground from the high top of a palmyra tree. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The mighty Balarama having the device of the palmyra on his banner had not proceeded far in his ascent when he beheld a sacred and goodly tirtha and wondered at the sight. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 These are the cocoanut, the palmyra, the kittool, the areca, the date, the talipot, and the fan palm. The Pearl of India Then there was the palmyra, which to the inhabitant of the North of Ceylon is what the cocoa-nut is to the inhabitant of the South—food, clothing, and lodging. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The shore was fringed with palmyras, mangoes and other tropical trees, and behind the straw huts and stone buildings of the town leafy groves clothed the sides of a gentle hill. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Yudhishthira and Dhritarashtra stood at the feet of the lord of the Kurus, taking up palmyra fans, stood around the body and began to fan it softly. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 In that destructive carnage, heads severed with swords fell down with a noise like that of falling palmyra fruits. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 At the north of Ceylon, the palmyra palm prevails, while the south and southwest coast are literally lined with large and thrifty groves of cocoanut palms, the value of whose products is immense. The Pearl of India Their leading features are lines of the graceful areca palms, groves of oranges, limes, jak-trees, and bread fruit; and irregular clumps of palmyras and coconuts. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 Here and there were clumps of trees--the towering palmyra with its fan-shaped foliage, the bamboo with its feathery branches, the plantain, throwing its immense leaves of vivid green into every fantastic form. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Upon the car of that divine person a tall palmyra, three-headed and made of gold, will form his proud standard. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The sound made, O monarch, by heads falling on the field of battle, resembled that made by the falling fruits of palmyra trees. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I have procured the nest of this bird situated on a palmyra tree on the stem of the leaf. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 A strong earth wall, planted with palmyras, encircles its lower slope. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India We passed southwards over large tracts of bush and gramineous plants, with patches of small plantations, manioc and thur; and settlements girt by calabash-trees, cocoas, palmyra and oil palms. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The cocoa-nut and palmyra woods at once introduce us to the palms of Ceylon, the most useful and the most elegant class in vegetation. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon As we passed the projecting tooth of Shark Point, a sandspit garnished with mangroves and dotted with palmyras, the land-squali flocked from their dirty-brown thatches to the beach, where flew the symbolic red flag. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The Nteba, or palmyra nobilis, mixed here and there with a glorious tamarind, bombax or calabash, forms a thin forest along the reach, and rarely appears upon the upper hills, where we should expect it. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 |
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