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Malacca

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Ma·lac·ca  (m-lk, -läk)
n.
The stem of the rattan palm, used for making canes and umbrella handles.
[After Malacca (now Melaka), a town of western Malaysia.]
Malacca, Strait of
A channel between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula connecting the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea.
malacca, malacca cane [məˈlækə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the stem of the rattan palm
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a walking stick made from this stem
Malacca [məˈlækə]
n
(Placename) a state of SW Peninsular Malaysia: rubber plantations. Capital: Malacca. Pop.: 602 867 (2000). Area: 1650 sq. km (637 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Malacca - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handlesmalacca - stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
Calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm - climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
2.malacca - a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm
malacca cane
cane - a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
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He turned over the pages with great decision, as if he were judging the book in its entirety, the printing and paper and binding, as well as the poetry, and then, having satisfied himself of its good or bad quality, he placed it on the writing-table, and examined the malacca cane with the gold knob which had belonged to the soldier.
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--that is to say, among the Philippine and Malacca isles.
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At this point indicated on the planisphere one of these currents was rolling, the Kuro-Scivo of the Japanese, the Black River, which, leaving the Gulf of Bengal, where it is warmed by the perpendicular rays of a tropical sun, crosses the Straits of Malacca along the coast of Asia, turns into the North Pacific to the Aleutian Islands, carrying with it trunks of camphor-trees and other indigenous productions, and edging the waves of the ocean with the pure indigo of its warm water.
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