HyperDic: arenga_pinnata

English > 1 sense of the expression Arenga pinnata:
NOUNplantArenga pinnata, sugar palm, gomuti, gomuti palmMalaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers
English > Arenga pinnata: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMalaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago.
Synonymssugar palm, gomuti, gomuti palm
Member ofArenga, genus ArengaA genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
Broadersago palmAny of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
Substancesjaggery, jagghery, jaggaryunrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Spanishgomuti
Catalangomuti

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