What is "lontar"

lontar \lontar\ n. A tall fan palm ( Borassus flabellifer) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the palmyra; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving.

Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer.

n. tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving [syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]

Lontar may refer to:

• Lontar, a type of palm-leave manuscript from Indonesia
  • Lontara, the palm-leaf manuscripts of the Buginese people of Sulawesi
• Borassus flabellifer, a palm known in Indonesian as lontar
• Lontor, an Indonesian island