| NOUN | plant | lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer | 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 |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer | |
| Member of | Borassus, genus Borassus | palmyra |
| Broader | fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves |
| Substances | bassine | coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms |
| Spanish | lontar, Palmira | |
| Catalan | lontar, Palmira | |
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