gomuti

[ guh-moo-tee ]

noun,plural go·mu·tis.
  1. Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.

  2. a black, horsehairlike fiber obtained from this palm, used for making cords, ropes, cables, etc.

Origin of gomuti

1
1805–15; probably <dialectal Malay (Moluccas) gomuti the stem fibers of the palm; compare Malay gəmuti (spelling gemuti)

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British Dictionary definitions for gomuti

gomuti

gomuti palm

/ (ɡəˈmuːtɪ) /


nounplural gomutis or gomuti palms
  1. an East Indian feather palm, Arenga pinnata, whose sweet sap is a source of sugar

  2. a black wiry fibre obtained from the leafstalks of this plant, used for making rope, etc

  1. a Malaysian sago palm, Metroxylon sagu

Origin of gomuti

1
from Malay gĕmuti

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