palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer

tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving

• fan palm — palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves

• bassine — coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms

• Borassus, genus Borassus — palmyra