palmyra palm
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 • Syn: palmyra, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer • Hypernyms: fan palm • Member Holonyms: Borassus, genus Borassus • Substance Meronyms: bassine
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