1. climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes; [syn: rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rattan palm
n 1: climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable
for the great length of the stems which are used for
malacca canes [syn: rattan, rattan palm, Calamus
rotang]