Malacca cane

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm wordnet
  3. 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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