gomuti

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gomuti
    n 1: Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with
         fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith
         yields sago [syn: {sugar palm}, {gomuti}, {gomuti palm},
         {Arenga pinnata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.]
   A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained
   from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, {Metroxylon Sagu},
   and {Arenga saccharifera}, of the Indian islands. It is used
   for making cordage. Called also {ejoo}.
   [1913 Webster]