rattan-cane palm

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• rattan — noun Etymology: Malay rotan Date: 1660 1. a rattan cane or switch 2. a. a climbing palm (especially of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with very long tough stems b. a part of the jointed stem of a rattan used especially for furniture,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rattan — [ra tan′, rətan′] n. [Malay rotan < ? rautan, a thing that has been cleaned by stripping off the outside] 1. a tall palm tree (genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with long, slender, tough stems 2. a stem of any of these trees, used in making… …   English World dictionary

• malacca cane — noun a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm • Syn: ↑malacca • Hypernyms: ↑cane * * * məˈlakə noun also malacca ( s) Usage …   Useful english dictionary

• Malacca cane — a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of an East Indian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum. [1835 45] * * * …   Universalium

• malacca cane — n. cane made from malacaa (stem of rattan palm) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Malacca cane — Malac′ca cane′ n. a walking stick made of the stem of an East Indian rattan palm Calamus scipionum[/ex] • Etymology: 1835–45 …   From formal English to slang

• Malacca cane — /məlækə ˈkeɪn/ (say muhlakuh kayn) noun a cane or walking stick made of the brown, often mottled or clouded stem of a tropical Asian rattan palm, Calamus scipionum, usually highly polished. {from Malacca} …  

• Ma|lac|ca cane — «muh LAK uh», a light walking stick made of the stem of an East Indian rattan palm. ╂[< Malacca, a state in the Malay Peninsula] …   Useful english dictionary

• calamus —   n. feather quill; reed used as pen; Malacca and rattan cane palm …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Caning — This article is about the physical punishment. For the technique used for weaving furniture, see Caning (furniture). Part of a series on Corporal punishment …   Wikipedia

• Arecaceae — Taxobox name = Arecaceae image caption = Coconut Palm Cocos nucifera fossil range = fossil range|80Late Cretaceous Recent regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Arecales… …   Wikipedia