rattan

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Etymology [edit]

From Malay rotan.

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Noun [edit]

rattan (plural rattans)

  1. Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
  2. (uncountable) The plant used as a material.
  3. A cane made from this material.
    • 1906, Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden, Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula
      He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear on his forearm without crying out.
    • 2008, Jean-François Bayart, Andrew Brown, Global Subjects: A Political Critique of Globalization
      ...the rattan is still a valued instrument of discipline...

Translations [edit]

climbing palm
material

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