What does "toddy palm" mean?

Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.

Toddy palm

Common synonyms include: borassus flabellifer, caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree.

noun

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Noun

1
Any of several species of palm used to produce toddy or palm wine.
"The toddy palms and neem trees and mangoes and peepul that were hidden behind the bazaars now become visible and in their turn hide the bazaars."
2
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 wordnet
3
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago wordnet

"The toddy palms and neem trees and mangoes and peepul that were hidden behind the bazaars now become visible and in their turn hide the bazaars."