English noun: Borassus flabellifer | |||
1. | Borassus flabellifer (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fan palm | ||
Member meronym | Borassus, genus Borassus | ||
Substance holonym | bassine | ||