Meaning of sugar palm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including
2. Any of various palm species used to produce sugar, including:
3. especially, Arenga pinnata
4. Borassus flabellifer (palmyra palms)
5. Caryota urens (fishtail palm, sago palm, toddy palm, wine palm)
6. Corypha elata (buri palm, gebang palm)
7. Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
8. Phoenix spp. (date palm)
9. Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)

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Examples

“Though the sugar palm tree grows slowly, it is resistant to variable weather and has a life-span of up to 80-90 years.”

“Sugar palm is tolerant of temperatures below freezing but is damaged at –2°C.”

“Arenga pinnata, the sugar palm or gomuti palm, was probably one of mankind's first sources of sugar.”

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