RATTAN PALM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Calamus rotang; rattan; rattan palm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)