RATTAN PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattan palm mean? 

• RATTAN PALM (noun)
  The noun RATTAN PALM has 1 sense:

1. climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

  Familiarity information: RATTAN PALM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTAN PALM (noun)

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Meaning:

Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calamus rotang; rattan; rattan palm

Hypernyms ("rattan palm" is a kind of...):

calamus (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)

Meronyms (parts of "rattan palm"):

malacca (stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles)