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RATTAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Synonyms:

ratan; rattan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

switch (a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

Synonyms:

rattan; rattan cane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

cane (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Synonyms:

Calamus rotang; rattan; rattan palm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("rattan" is a kind of...):

calamus (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)

Meronyms (parts of "rattan"):

malacca (stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles)

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