Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers

• Yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu , and Arenga saccharifera , of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two palms, ''Metroxylon sagu'', and ''Arenga saccharifera'', of the Indian islands, and used for making cordage.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago [syn: sugar palm , gomuti palm , Arenga pinnata ]