wine palm

/waɪn pɑ(l)m/

Other forms: wine palms

Definitions of wine palm

1. noun

   fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
   synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm

   type of:

   sago palm

   any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
2. noun

   tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
   synonyms: Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm

   type of:

   fan palm

   palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves