lontar
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (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 weavingSynonyms: palmyrapalmyra palmtoddy palmwine palmlongar palmBorassus flabellifer
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]