Sugar palm
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including
"Though the sugar palm tree grows slowly, it is resistant to variable weather and has a life-span of up to 80-90 years."
- 2 Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago wordnet
- 3 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; especially, Arenga pinnata
"Arenga pinnata, the sugar palm or gomuti palm, was probably one of mankind's first sources of sugar."
- 4 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Borassus flabellifer (palmyra palms)
- 5 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Caryota urens (fishtail palm, sago palm, toddy palm, wine palm)
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- 6 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Corypha elata (buri palm, gebang palm)
- 7 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
- 8 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Phoenix spp. (date palm)
- 9 Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:; Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)
Example
More examples"Though the sugar palm tree grows slowly, it is resistant to variable weather and has a life-span of up to 80-90 years."