RATTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattan mean? 

• RATTAN (noun)
  The noun RATTAN has 3 senses:

1. climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

2. the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

3. a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

  Familiarity information: RATTAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calamus rotang; rattan; rattan palm

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

calamus (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)

Meronyms (parts of "rattan"):

malacca (stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rattan; rattan cane

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

cane (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ratan; rattan

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

switch (a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment)