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[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]