kittul
- noun
- Indian
- The local farmers harvest kittul sap to produce traditional sweets like jaggery.
Examples
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Sago is extracted from the trunk pith of the kittul palm in some rural communities.
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Many farmers cultivate kittuls for their sap.
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A tall kittul tree swayed beside the village, its leaves casting intricate shadows on the ground.
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The kittul tree is often found in tropical regions.
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Sago is extracted from the trunk pith of the kittul palm in some rural communities.
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Many farmers cultivate kittul palms for their sap, which is used to make jaggery.
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A tall kittul tree swayed beside the village, providing shade with its large, fan-shaped leaves.
Synonyms
A palm tree with fishtail leaves grown for its sap and the soft inside of its trunk that is eaten
A tall palm tree whose sweet sap makes brown sugar and whose soft inner trunk gives sago
A tall palm that gives sago from its trunk and sweet sap used to make sugar
A tall palm whose sweet sap makes jaggery and whose soft inner trunk gives sago
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kittul comes from the Sinhalese name kithul for a tall palm in Sri Lanka that gives a 'sweet sap' and 'sago' used to make brown sugar (jaggery) and food. So kittul today refers to that palm and its valuable sap and trunk products.