jaggery palm n 1: fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: {wine palm}, {jaggery palm}, {kitul}, {kittul}, {kitul tree}, {toddy palm}, {Caryota urens}]
Jaggery palm \Jag"ger*y palm\ An East Indian palm ({Caryota urens}) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]