wine palm

noun

Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).

Similar
jaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treetoddy palmCaryota urenspalmyrapalmyra palm
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Meanings

nounwine palm (plural wine palms)

plural wine palms

  1. Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
jaggery palmkitulkittulkitul treetoddy palmCaryota urens
Broader
sago palm

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

Similar
palmyrapalmyra palmtoddy palmlontarlongar palmBorassus flabellifer
Broader
fan palm
Also see
kittulkitullontarpalmyrapalmyra palmtoddy palm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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