Definition of Corypha gebanga

1. Noun. Large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers.

Exact synonyms: Corypha Utan, Gebang Palm
Generic synonyms: Fan Palm
Group relationships: Corypha, Genus Corypha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corypha Gebanga

Corynebacterium enzymicum
Corynebacterium equi
Corynebacterium haemolyticum
Corynebacterium hofmannii
Corynebacterium kutscheri
Corynebacterium minutissimum
Corynebacterium murisepticum
Corynebacterium ovis
Corynebacterium parvum
Corynebacterium phocae
Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
Corynebacterium renale
Corynebacterium striatum
Corynebacterium xerosis
Corypha
Corypha gebanga
Corypha umbraculifera
Corypha utan
Coryphaena equisetis
Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaenidae
Coryzavirus
Cos
Cosa Nostra
Cosby
Cosenza
Cosimo de Medici
Cosimo the Elder
Cosmo
Cosmocampus

Literary usage of Corypha gebanga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"... by the corypha gebanga, a palm in Java; used for cloth, nets, ropes and bags. Genappe—Ply and hard twist gassed yarn, made of worsted, mohair or alpaca, ..."

2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"corypha gebanga, is one of the most useful of all the palms of Eastern Asia. Its pith furnishes a sort of sago ; its leaves are plaited into bags and ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"GEBANG PALM (corypha gebanga), л fan- leaved palm, native of the East Indies, and one of the most useful palms of that part of the world. ..."

4. Tropical Fibres: Their Production and Economic Extraction by Ephraim George Squier (1863)
"The gebang palm (corypha gebanga) employs thousands of boys and girls in Java in weaving baskets and bags. Shirts, fishing-nets, etc., are made from its ..."

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