toddy palm

American

noun

any of several tropical Asian palms, as Caryota urens or Borassus flabellifer, yielding toddy.

Etymology

Origin of toddy palm

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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"He was really a toddy palm worker who earned his living in a traditional way. I have a son and a daughter and I don't know how to continue living."

From BBC

Presently one of them proceeded to climb the toddy palm, and I thought they were looking for me perhaps.

From Project Gutenberg

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