gomuti

(ɡəˈmuːtɪ) or

gomuti palm

n, pl gomutis or gomuti palms

1. (Plants) an East Indian feather palm, Arenga pinnata, whose sweet sap is a source of sugar

2. (Plants) a black wiry fibre obtained from the leafstalks of this plant, used for making rope, etc

3. (Plants) a Malaysian sago palm, Metroxylon sagu

[from Malay gĕmuti]

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Noun

gomuti - Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago

Arenga pinnata, gomuti palm, sugar palm

sago palm - any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago

Arenga, genus Arenga - a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees

jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap

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References in periodicals archive

A study into the characteristics of gomuti (Arenga pinnata) fibre for usage as natural fibre composites.

Thermogravimetric analysis of phoenix sp. Fibre

Aren has a different name (local name) in each country, namely : Indonesia (aren, ejow, gomuti, kaong); Thailand (tao,chok, kaong); Vietnam (doasc,busng basng); Burma (taung-ong); Lao (Sino-Tibetan) (taw tad); English (arenga palm, sugar palm, sagwine); French (palmier areng, palmier a sucre); German (Zuckerpalme); Italian (palma dello zucchero, palma arenga); Spanish (palma azucarera), Holand (suiker palm), [18].

Potency of natural sweetener: brown sugar

Gomuti palm and cooled to obtain hard crude sugar called

Trees and their economic importance

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