Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The jaggerypalm, Caryota urens.
- noun A fiber obtained from the leaf-stalks of the jaggery-palm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
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The natives identify it with the Caryota, and call it the "katu-kittul."]
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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