rattan

Noun

• a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

• the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes

• climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ratan , rattan cane , rattan palm , Calamus rotang