wine palm

Noun
  1. Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula;
    Sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago (synset 112607893)
    is a type of: sago palm - any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
    same as: caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm
  2. 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 (synset 112606390)
    is a type of: fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
    belongs to: borassus, genus borassus - palmyra
    substance holonym: bassine - coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
    same as: borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm

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