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rattan

DEFINITIONS OF: rattan

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n climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Synonyms:
Calamus rotang, rattan palm
Type of:
calamus
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes

n the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

Synonyms:
rattan cane
Type of:
cane
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

n a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Synonyms:
ratan
Type of:
switch
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
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