'Borassus flabellifer' definitions:
Definition of 'Borassus flabellifer'
From: WordNet
noun
Tall 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 [syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]
Definition of 'Borassus flabellifer'
From: GCIDE
- lontar \lontar\ n. A tall fan palm (Borassus flabellifer) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the palmyra; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving.
- Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Borassus flabellifer'
From: GCIDE
- lontar \lontar\ n. A tall fan palm (Borassus flabellifer) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the palmyra; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving.
- Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Borassus flabellifer'
From: GCIDE
- Borassus \Borassus\ n. a genus of palm trees including the palmyra ({Borassus flabellifer}, formerly Borassus flabelliformis).
- Syn: genus Borassus. [WordNet 1.5]