Lontar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lontar \lontar\ n.
     A tall fan palm ({Borassus flabellifer}) of Africa and India
     and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a
     source of palm wine and sugar; the {palmyra}; -- its leaves
     are used for thatching and weaving.
  


     Syn: palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, longar
          palm, {Borassus flabellifer}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lontar
       n : 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 [syn: {palmyra},
            {palmyra palm}, {toddy palm}, {wine palm}, {longar palm},
            {Borassus flabellifer}]