any of several palms (esp. genera Arenga, Borassus, Phoenix, and Cocos) yielding toddy
toddy palm in American English
noun
any of several tropical Asian palms, as Caryota urens or Borassus flabellifer, yielding toddy
Word origin
[1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, calling card, flamenco, freewheel, neon