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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
2: a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm [syn: malacca, malacca cane]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: Malacca, Malaya Date: 1844 made or consisting of the cane of an Asian rattan palm (Calamus rotang)< an umbrella with a malacca handle > • malacca noun
Merriam Webster's
geographical name — see Melaka • Malaccan adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
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
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Malacca Ma*lac"ca, n. A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula. Malacca cane (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.
