Rattan
WordNet
noun
(1) A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms
(2) The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
(3) Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
- The plant used as a material.
- A cane made from this material.
- 1906, Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula
- He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear on his forearm without crying out.
- 2008, Jean-François Bayart, Andrew Brown, Global Subjects: A Political Critique of Globalization
- ...the rattan is still a valued instrument of discipline...
- 1906, Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula