toddy palm

Noun

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Noun (2)

  1. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sagoSynonyms: wine palmjaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treeCaryota urensType of sago 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 weavingSynonyms: palmyrapalmyra palmwine palmlontarlongar palmBorassus flabelliferType of fan palmMember of Borassus, genus BorassusMade of bassine
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