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Definition of Rattan cane

1. Noun. The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattan Cane

ratpacks ratproof rats rats ratsbane ratsbane ratsbanes rattail rattailed rattails

rattail cactus rattail fish rattan rattan rattans rattan cane (current term) rattan palm ratted ratteen ratteens

ratten rattened rattener ratteners rattening rattens ratter ratteries ratters rattery

Literary usage of Rattan cane

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1. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"rattan cane. C. Roxburgh! ... The kinds employed for caning chairs, etc., are known in commerce by the name of rattan cane, and are yielded by long trailing ..."

2. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"One of the sources of the rattan cane. CALAMUS ROTANG, Linn. ; Roxb. ... rattan cane.,, Cane. M Kattan C.ine Palm. ENO. Rotan. MALAY. Bed. PEKS. ..."

3. 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)
"This yields the true rattan cane of commerce, but others are of course used as substitutes. It is, as in Europe, split into strips and extensively woven ..."

4. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being a by John George Wood (1883)
"They plant among the rocks in the river heavy poles six inches in diameter, to which they attach enormous fish-baskets by means of rattan-cane cables. ..."

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