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Rattan

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Noun

1. calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm

climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

2. rattan, rattan cane

the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

3. ratan, rattan

a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rattan

see synonyms of rattan
noun
1. 
any of the climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera, having tough stems used for wickerwork and canes
2. 
the stems of such plants collectively
3. 
a stick made from one of these stems

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rattan

see synonyms of rattan
noun
1. 
a tall palm tree (genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with long, slender, tough stems
2. 
a stem of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc.
3. 
a cane or switch made from this

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rattan

see synonyms of rattan
n.
1. Any of various spiny climbing palms of the subfamily Calamoideae and especially the genus Calamus of tropical Africa and Asia, having long, tough, flexible stems.
2.
a. The stems of any of these palms, used to make furniture and other wickerwork.
b. Wickerwork made of the stems of these palms.
3. A switch or cane made from these palms.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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