kitul

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A tall palm tree whose sweet sap makes brown sugar and whose soft inner trunk gives sago

noun

Indian

: kitul

The kitul palm is often tapped for its sweet sap, which is used to make jaggery.

Examples

In many villages, the locals rely on the kitul tree to produce both sugar and sago for their meals.
As I walked through the forest, I noticed several kitul palms standing tall, their trunks thick and strong.
Kitul palms that yield sugar and sago; talipot palms, upon whose papyrus-like leaves were inscribed the sacred writings—

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Synonyms

Caryota urens

vskitul

Specialized

9.9

A palm tree with fishtail leaves grown for its sap and the soft inside of its trunk that is eaten

is the common vernacular name rather than the scientific label

kitul tree

vskitul

Indian

9.9

A tall palm that gives sago from its trunk and sweet sap used to make sugar

is the standard name without the extra descriptive noun

kittul

vskitul

Indian

9.9

A palm tree whose sap is used to make brown sugar and whose trunk gives sago

is the general name without regional spelling emphasis

jaggery palm

vskitul

Indian

9.9

A tall palm whose sweet sap makes jaggery and whose soft inner trunk gives sago

is the botanical or local name focusing on the plant itself

Compounds

kitul tree

Indian

9.9

A tall palm that gives sago from its trunk and sweet sap used to make sugar

Surface Forms

kitul singular

kituls plural

Etymology

Kitul comes from the Sinhalese name for this tall palm, a tree people tap for its 'sweet sap' (used to make brown sugar called jaggery) and whose pith gives sago, so English simply adopted the local word for the tree.