toddy palm
toddy palm · toddy palms
Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wineAny of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
More definitions
- 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
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
Forms
plural: toddy palms| Singular | toddy palm |
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regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsClose in 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:palmyrapalmyra palmwine palmlontarlongar palmBorassus flabellifer
- fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago:wine palmjaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treeCaryota urens