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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials (25)
satchel-palm1658

= satchel-date n.

rattan1681

Any of numerous climbing palms of the genus Calamus or the subfamily Calamoideae, noted for their long, slender, flexible, and often thorny…

palmetto thatch1756

†(a) any of several kinds of palm, esp. the silver-thatch palm, Thrinax argentea (obsolete); (b) the dried leaves of such a palm, used for roofing.

thatch-tree1756

(see quot. 1866).

rotan1771

A rattan palm (see rattan, n.1 2).

cabbage palm tree1773

= cabbage tree, n. 1.

cabbage tree1796

Any of various palm trees whose central unexpanded mass of leaves or terminal bud is eaten like cabbage; esp. (a) the royal palm, Roystonea oleracea

tucum1810

Any of several Brazilian palms of the genera Astrocaryum and Bactris, esp. Astrocaryum vulgare, from the young leaves of which the indigenous…

gomuti1811

A palm tree, Arenga pinnata, native to Malaya and the East Indies, and cultivated elsewhere, particularly in India; also, the fibre obtained from…

hat palm1812

any of various palms or similar plants native to Central and South America, the leaf fibres of which are used to make hats and other woven objects…

gebang1817

In full gebang palm. A Malaysian fan palm, Corypha elata, the leaves of which are used for basket-work and thatching, while the pith of the trunk…

tucuma1824

In full tucuma palm: a Brazilian palm, Astrocaryum Tucuma, which produces a fibre like that of tucum (tucum, n.), and a fleshy fruit used by the…

nikau1827

A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, having edible leaf bases and pith; the leaves of this palm, used as a building or thatching material. Also…

piassava1841

More fully piassava fibre. The fibre obtained from any of these palms, used for making brooms, brushes, etc. Later also: fibre from the Asian toddy…

cabbage palm1847

(a) = cabbage tree, n. 1; (b) the cabbage tree of New Zealand, Cordyline australis.

bussu1850

More fully bussu palm. A tropical palm, Manicaria saccifera, native to estuarine and swamp habitats of Trinidad and parts of Central and South…

jupati1856

A Brazilian palm, Raphia tædigera, bearing large leaves whose long stalks are used locally as a building material.

timite1858

The bussu palm, Manicaria saccifera. Cf. troolie, n.

Raphia1866

Originally: the palm Raphia farinifera, which is native to Madagascar and tropical Africa and is a principal source of the fibre raffia (see raffia

thatch1866

Name in the West Indies for several species of palms, the leaves of which are used for thatching: see quot. and thatch-palm n. at compounds.

thatch-palm1866

name for various palms of which the leaves are used for thatching: in the West Indies, the genus Thrinax; in southern U.S., the genus Sabal, esp. S

toquilla1877

= jipijapa, n. a.

raffia palm1897

In full raffia palm. A palm of the large-leaved tropical genus Raphia, esp. one of those whose young leaves yield the fibre known as raffia (see…

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