wine palm
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(noun) fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago |
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Synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy alm |
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Related Words: sago palm |
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm |
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Related Words: fan palm |
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