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CALAMUS ROTANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calamus rotang mean?
• CALAMUS ROTANG (noun)
The noun CALAMUS ROTANG 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: CALAMUS ROTANG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Calamus rotang" 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 "Calamus rotang"):
malacca (stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles)
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