1. (noun) wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
Synonyms: kitul, kittul, lontar, palmyra, wine palm, kitul tree, jaggery palm, longar palm, toddy palm, palmyra palm
2. (noun) palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
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
Synonyms: kitul, kittul, wine palm, palmyra, lontar, kitul tree, jaggery palm, longar palm, toddy palm, palmyra palm
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