Search Result for "borassus flabellifer":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lontar \lontar\ n. A tall fan palm (Borassus flabellifer) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the palmyra; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving. Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Borassus \Borassus\ n. a genus of palm trees including the palmyra (Borassus flabellifer, formerly Borassus flabelliformis). Syn: genus Borassus. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Borassus flabellifer n 1: 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 [syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]