gomuti
Americannoun
plural
gomutis-
Also called gomuti palm;. Also called sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
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a black, horsehairlike fiber obtained from this palm, used for making cords, ropes, cables, etc.
noun
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an East Indian feather palm, Arenga pinnata, whose sweet sap is a source of sugar
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a black wiry fibre obtained from the leafstalks of this plant, used for making rope, etc
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a Malaysian sago palm, Metroxylon sagu
Etymology
Origin of gomuti
1805–15; probably < dialectal Malay (Moluccas) gomuti the stem fibers of the palm; compare Malay gəmuti (spelling gemuti )
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Arenga, a term sometimes used as the generic name of the areng or gomuti palm, which is then botanically designated Arenga saccharifera.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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