toddy palm
- noun
- Indian
:
palma de azúcar
- In many villages, the strong leaves of the toddy palm are used for thatching roofs.
Examples
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The locals collect sap from the toddy palm to make traditional palm wine.
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The countryside is dotted with toddy palm plantations, peanut farms, and clusters of tiny woven bamboo huts.
Academic text (2004) -
The tall toddy palm tree provides shade and valuable material for handicrafts.
Synonyms
116
1.8
A tall tropical tree with one trunk and large fan-shaped leaves
46
1.0
A tall tree with one straight trunk and big leaves at the top
A tall tropical palm tree that gives hard wood, sweet sap for sugar, and leaves for weaving
A tall fan palm from Africa, India and Malaysia that gives hard wood, sweet sap, and leaves for weaving
A tall fan palm that gives hard wood, sweet sap, and leaves for weaving
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 palm tree whose sweet liquid people make into a drink and sugar
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Surface Forms
Morphology
toddy + palm
Although 'toddy' is a relatively rare word for B1 learners, the compound is compositionally straightforward: 'toddy' (the sweet sap or palm wine) + 'palm' (a type of tree) yields 'a palm tree that produces toddy'. This noun+ noun naming pattern for plant species is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Toddy palm is named for the sweet drink toddy that people make from the tree's sap. People tap the palm to collect the juice, so the name shows the tree is used for its sweet sap and the drink.