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noun
Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fan palm
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: jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sago palm
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