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Ravenala \Rav`e*na"la\ (r[a^]v`[-e]*n[aum]"l[.a]), n.
[Malagasy.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana.
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Note: {Ravenala Madagascariensis}, the principal species, is
an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing
alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing
bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water,
which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife,
whence the plant is called {traveler's tree}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Traveler \Trav"el*er\, n. [Written also traveler.]
1. One who travels; one who has traveled much.
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2. A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of
receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc.
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3. (Mach.) A traveling crane. See under {Crane}.
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4. (Spinning) The metal loop which travels around the ring
surrounding the bobbin, in a ring spinner.
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5. (Naut.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like,
and sliding thereon.
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{Traveler's joy} (Bot.), the {Clematis vitalba}, a climbing
plant with white flowers.
{Traveler's tree}. (Bot.) See {Ravenala}.
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