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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 weavingplay

  Familiarity information: LONGAR PALM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LONGAR PALM (noun)


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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