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Definition of Kittul
1. Noun. Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
Generic synonyms: Sago Palm
Definition of Kittul
1. the jaggery palm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittul
Literary usage of Kittul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on Indian Fibres and Fibrous Substances Exhibited at the Colonial and by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, C. M. King, E. Joynson (1887)
"A sample shown at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition was much admired, and
pronounced superior to the kittul obtained from Ceylon. It is remarkable, however ..."
2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"(Examples: Palmetto fibre, palmyra, kittul,* etc.) 2. Brooms and whisks. (a)
Grass-like fibres. (Examples: Broom-root, broom- corn, etc.) (b) Bass fibres. ..."
3. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... of the cocoanut palm; C, cluster of the ovoid fruits of the betel-nut palm (Areca
Catechu); D, compound inflorescence of drooping spikes of the kittul ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1891)
"THE '-kittul " Palm of Ceylon, so valuable to the natives of the South-Western
and central portions of the island, from the richness of the juice of its ..."
5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"The jaggery of the Central provinces is entirely made from the kittul juice, ...
The kittul does not come into flower until between its tenth and fifteenth ..."
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