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noun
A palm of species Caryota urens, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that yields a sap from which sugar can be made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A fiber obtained from the leaves of the palm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sago palm
History
From Sinhalese කිතුල් (kitul, “jaggery”).
