toddy palm

noun

Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.

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wine palmjaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treeCaryota urenspalmyrapalmyra palm

Meanings

nountoddy palm (plural toddy palms)

plural toddy palms

  1. Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.

    The toddy palms and neem trees and mangoes and peepul that were hidden behind the bazaars now become visible and in their turn hide the bazaars.

    1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 6

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
wine palmjaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treeCaryota urens
Broader

nountall 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

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palmyrapalmyra palmwine palmlontarlongar palmBorassus flabellifer
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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