rattan

noun

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

Definition categories: plant, calamus

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

Definition categories: plant, cane

3. a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Similar word(s): ratan

Definition categories: man–made, switch