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Noun: lontar
  1. Tall fan palm of Africa, India, and Malaysia yielding hard wood and sweet sap; leaves used for thatching and weaving
    "lontar palm sap is fermented to produce toddy";
    - palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer

Derived forms: lontars

Type of: fan palm

Part of: Borassus, genus Borassus

Encyclopedia: Lontar