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LONGAR PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does longar palm mean?
• LONGAR PALM (noun)
The noun LONGAR PALM 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: LONGAR PALM 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 ("longar palm" is a kind of...):
fan palm (palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "longar palm"):
bassine (coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms)
Holonyms ("longar palm" is a member of...):
Borassus; genus Borassus (palmyra)
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