kittul

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noun

A palm of species Caryota urens, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that yields a sap from which sugar can be made.

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jaggery palmsolitary fishtail palmwine palmkitulkitul treetoddy palmCaryota urens
OriginSinhalese කිතුල් →
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Meanings

nounkittul (countable and uncountable, plural kittuls)

plural kittuls · alternative kitol · alternative kitool · alternative kithul

  1. countableuncountableA palm of species Caryota urens, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that yields a sap from which sugar can be made.

    Synonyms: jaggery palm, solitary fishtail palm

  2. uncountableA fiber obtained from the leaves of the palm.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA palm of species Caryota urens, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that yields a sap from which sugar can be made.

Similar
jaggery palmsolitary fishtail palm

More synonyms by meaning

nounfishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago

Similar
wine palmjaggery palmkitulkitul treetoddy palmCaryota urens
Broader
sago palm
Also see
kitultoddy palmwine palm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Sinhaleseකිතුල්“jaggery”
  2. Englishkittul

From Sinhalese කිතුල් (kitul, “jaggery”).

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