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
• Syn: ↑palmyra, ↑palmyra palm, ↑toddy palm, ↑wine palm, ↑lontar, ↑Borassus flabellifer
• Hypernyms: ↑fan palm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Borassus, ↑genus Borassus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑bassine
Useful english dictionary. 2012.