sugar palm

/ˌʃʊgər pɑ(l)m/
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Other forms: sugar palms

Definitions of sugar palm
  1. noun
    Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
    synonyms: Arenga pinnata, gomuti, gomuti palm
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    type of:
    sago palm
    any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
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