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malacca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malacca has 2 senses
- malacca(n = noun.plant) Array - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles; Array is a kind of cane
- malacca(n = noun.artifact) malacca cane - a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm; Array is a kind of cane
is a part of calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm
CIDE DICTIONARY
malacca, n.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
malacca, n. (in full malacca cane) a rich-brown cane from the stem of the palm-tree Calamus scipionum, used for walking-sticks etc.
Etymology
Malacca in Malaysia
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