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Malacca cane
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material. uncountable
"The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane."
- 2 a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm wordnet
- 3 A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color. countable
"The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra."
Etymology
From the former importance of Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick.
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