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gebang|dʒɪˈbæŋ|
Also gebanga.
[Mal. gĕbang.]
In full gebang palm. A Malaysian fan palm, Corypha elata, the leaves of which are used for basket-work and thatching, while the pith of the trunk yields a sago.
1817T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. i. 37 Another species of palm, the gebáng, also yields valuable ropes. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 138 Employed..in weaving into baskets and bags the young leaves of the Gebang Palm. 1952‘W. March’ October Isl. x. 125 Lontar, gebanga, rattan and nipa. 1966E. J. H. Corner Nat. Hist. Palms xii. 300 The most widespread gebang palm of Malaysia, C. elata, is distributed from Bengal..to north Australia. |