[syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wine palm
n 1: fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a
brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn:
wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul
tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens]
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 [syn: palmyra,
palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar
palm, Borassus flabellifer]