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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


Synonymslongar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm


Broader (hypernym)fan palm


Member meronymBorassus, genus Borassus


Substance holonymbassine









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