Definition of Gomuti palm

1. Noun. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago.

Exact synonyms: Arenga Pinnata, Gomuti, Sugar Palm
Generic synonyms: Sago Palm
Group relationships: Arenga, Genus Arenga
Terms within: Jaggary, Jaggery, Jagghery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomuti Palm

gommelin
gomoku
gomokus
gompa
gompas
gomphiasis
gompholic joint
gomphoses
gomphosis
gomphothere
gomphotheres
gomphrena
gomphrenas
goms
gomuti
gomuti palm (current term)
gomutis
gomuto
gomutos
gon
gonad dose
gonad nucleus
gonadal
gonadal cords
gonadal disorders
gonadal dose

Literary usage of Gomuti palm

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

1. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The gomuti palm appears to be a peculiar product of the Asiatic Archipelago, but of many parts of it. This is to be inferred from its having a distinct name ..."

2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"At the base of the leaves of the gomuti palm there is a fine woolly material, called 'bara,' much employed in calking ships and stuffing cushions. ..."

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