ratan

American  

[ra-tan, ruh-] / ræˈtæn, rə- /

noun

1. a less common variant of rattan.

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ratan British  

/ ræˈtæn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of rattan

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Example Sentences

Their few wants are supplied by barter from friendly settled peoples, or in return for iron implements, calico, beads, tobacco, etc., they offer jungle produce, mainly gutta, indiarubber, camphor, dammar and ratans.

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Of course, they differ very much in their temperature; so that some of them abound in the ratan and bamboo, both of enormous dimension, while others produce only oaks and pines. 

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In fact, there is little difference between these houses and those built by the Burmahs and other tribes in whose countries bamboo and ratan are plentiful.

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It is covered first with bass and then with sacking, made of Indian grass tied around with ratan.

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The roof is carefully thatched with the leaves of the nipa-palm and these are sewn into a thick mat with ratan.

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