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n. Any of various climbing palms of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, or Plectomia of tropical Asia, having long, tough, slender stems.

n. The stems of any of these palms, used to make wickerwork, canes, and furniture.

n. Work made of the stems of these palms.

n. A switch or cane made from these palms.

n. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.

n. The plant used as a material.

n. A cane made from this material.

n. One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.

n. See ratten.

See ratan.

n. The continuous beat or reverberation of a drum; rataplan; rat-a-tat.

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

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

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

"If instead of rattan is was made of cardboard my cat would go nuts for it."

cane    calamus    switch   

An    Ann    Anne    Ariane    Bhutan    Bran    Caen    Can    Cannes    Chan   

wicker    rawhide    bamboo    chintz-covered    silver-headed    leather-upholstered    horsehair    wickerwork    whalebone    leather-covered