Borassus flabellifer
- noun
- Specialized
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Borassus flabellifer
- Farmers tap the Borassus flabellifer to collect its sweet sap for making palm wine.
Examples
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In some regions, the hard wood from Borassus flabellifer is prized for construction and furniture.
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The leaves of the Borassus flabellifer are often used for making baskets and mats in rural villages.
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The Borassus flabellifer tree is known for its tall, fan-shaped leaves.
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In India, the Borassus flabellifer is often used for thatching roofs.
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Farmers tap the Borassus flabellifer to collect its sweet sap for making palm wine.
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In some regions, the hard wood from Borassus flabellifer is prized for construction and furniture.
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The leaves of the Borassus flabellifer are often used for making baskets and mats in rural villages.
Synonyms
A tall tree with fan-shaped leaves used for roofing and weaving, hard wood, and sweet sap used to make wine
A tall palm tree with fan-shaped leaves that provides hard wood, sweet sap, and weaving material
A tall fan palm that gives hard wood, sweet sap, and leaves for weaving
A tall tropical palm tree that gives hard wood, sweet sap for sugar, and leaves for weaving
A tall palm tree whose sweet liquid people make into a drink and sugar
A tall tree that gives sweet sap used to make palm wine or sugar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Borassus + flabellifer
This is a Latin binomial (a technical botanical species name) and functions as a proper noun rather than a compositional English phrase. The second element 'flabellifer' is not an ordinary English word (undefined here) and the name relies on technical/Latin morphology, so a B1 learner would not be able to reliably derive the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Borassus flabellifer gives a simple image: the second part, flabellifer, means 'fan-bearing', so think of a tall palm with a big fan of leaves. People tap its trunk for sweet sap and use its hard wood and leaves, so the name helps you remember this useful fan palm.
