borassus flabellifer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Borassus flabellifer
    n 1: 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}, {longar palm}, {Borassus flabellifer}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lontar \lontar\ n.
   A tall fan palm ({Borassus flabellifer}) of Africa and India
   and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a
   source of palm wine and sugar; the {palmyra}; -- its leaves
   are used for thatching and weaving.

   Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar
        palm, {Borassus flabellifer}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Borassus \Borassus\ n.
   a genus of palm trees including the {palmyra} ({Borassus
   flabellifer}, formerly {Borassus flabelliformis}).

   Syn: genus {Borassus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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