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- Dictionaryrattan/rəˈtan/
noun
- 1. the thin jointed stems of a palm, used to make furniture: "a rattan armchair"
- 2. the tropical Old World climbing palm which yields rattan, with long, spiny, jointed stems.
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RATTAN definition: 1. a tropical climbing plant with thin, tough stems 2. these stems used as a material for making…. Learn more.
1. : a rattan cane or switch. 2. a. : a climbing palm (especially of the genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with very long tough stems. b. : a part of the jointed stem of a rattan used especially for furniture, wickerwork, and walking sticks. Examples of rattan in a Sentence.
Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay: rotan), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-canopy old-growth tropical forests of Southeast Asia, though they can also be found in other parts of tropical Asia and Africa.
noun. any of the climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera, having tough stems used for wickerwork and canes. the stems of such plants collectively. a stick made from one of these stems.
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RATTAN meaning: 1. a tropical climbing plant with thin, tough stems 2. these stems used as a material for making…. Learn more.
rattan in American English. (ræˈtæn ; rəˈtæn ) noun. 1. a tall palm tree (genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with long, slender, tough stems. 2. a stem of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc. 3. a cane or switch made from this.
