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malacca


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  malacca 
  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 
  cane}] 




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