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BORASSUS FLABELLIFER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Borassus flabellifer mean?
• BORASSUS FLABELLIFER (noun)
The noun BORASSUS FLABELLIFER has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: BORASSUS FLABELLIFER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Borassus flabellifer; longar palm; lontar; palmyra; palmyra palm; toddy palm; wine palm
Hypernyms ("Borassus flabellifer" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "Borassus flabellifer"):
bassine (coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms)
Holonyms ("Borassus flabellifer" is a member of...):
Borassus; genus Borassus (palmyra)
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