a tree that yields toddy; = toddy palm n.

The Gomuti palm, Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian Archipelago. Also, the toddy or palm-wine obtained from this tree.

any palm from which palm-wine is obtained.

the palm from which pardon-wine is made (probably a raffia palm, perhaps Raphia vinifera).

Chiefly in West Africa: palm wine made by fermenting the sap of the bamboo palm, Raphia vinifera; the sap itself as collected for drinking or…

In full, eta palm. = ita palm at ita, n.

A palm, Nypa fruticans, of swampy coastal regions in tropical Asia and Australia, having a creeping rhizome and large feathery leaves, and bearing…

any of various palms that yield toddy; spec. (a) a palmyra (genus Borassus); (b) a fishtail palm, Caryota urens; (c) the Indian date palm, Phoenix…

In full, ita palm. The tropical South American fan-palm, Mauritia flexuosa, or the drink made from its fermented sap; cf. eta, n.2

a palm-tree that yields jaggery, esp. Caryota urens.

The liliaceous plant Cordyline terminalis of China and the islands of the Pacific, the root of which is baked and eaten in the Hawaiian Islands, and…

(see quot. 1891).