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Definition of Gomuti palm
1. Noun. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago.
Generic synonyms: Sago Palm
Group relationships: Arenga, Genus Arenga
Terms within: Jaggary, Jaggery, Jagghery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomuti Palm
Literary usage of Gomuti palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The gomuti palm appears to be a peculiar product of the Asiatic Archipelago, but
of many parts of it. This is to be inferred from its having a distinct name ..."
2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"At the base of the leaves of the gomuti palm there is a fine woolly material,
called 'bara,' much employed in calking ships and stuffing cushions. ..."
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