rattan

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noun climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
noun the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
noun a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Borrowed from Malay rotan.

The line they used was a rattan about forty feet long. — Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics, Oliver Optic
Their petticoats were fastened to a coil of rattan, stained red, round their bodies. — Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The fastenings of the entire work were of rattan, which is found in plenty. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel

rattan palm, Calamus rotang

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