What is "wine palm"

n. Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm ((taxlink Caryota urens species noshow=1)) and the palmyra palm ((taxlink Borassus flabellifer species noshow=1)).

1. n. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy alm, Caryota urens]

2. 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, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer]

Wine palm is a common name for several palm species and may refer to:

• Borassus flabellifer, a palm species of tropical Asia
• Caryota urens, a palm species of tropical Asia
• Pseudophoenix vinifera, a palm species endemic to Hispaniola