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- noun Any of several palms that have a
sugary sap that can befermented to producepalm wine ; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).
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
- 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
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