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CARYOTA URENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caryota urens mean? 

CARYOTA URENS (noun)
  The noun CARYOTA URENS has 1 sense:

1. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sagoplay

  Familiarity information: CARYOTA URENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARYOTA URENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Caryota urens; jaggery palm; kittul; kitul; kitul tree; toddy palm; wine palm

Hypernyms ("Caryota urens" is a kind of...):

sago palm (any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago)


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