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Definition of Rattan palm
1. Noun. Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattan Palm
Literary usage of Rattan palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"CROSS SECTION put is probably the manufacture of rattan or 'cane' OK A PALM
TRUNE * J SHOWING THE USUAL used to bottom chairs. The rattan palm (Calamus) ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... Draco (a rattan palm). I, Young shoot much reduced. 2, Part of stem bearing
male inflorescence. 3, Part of female inflorescence. ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"The ground rattan palm. This is supposed to yield the walking-canes known as
rattan, which is doubted. It is a native of southern China, and is also found ..."
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