RATTAN
\ɹˈatən], \ɹˈatən], \ɹ_ˈa_t_ə_n]\
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climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes
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a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
By Princeton University
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climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes
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a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of the long, smooth, reedlike stems of several kinds of palms; a walking stick made of such a stem; any one of the palms.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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