gomuti
[ guh-moo-tee ]
/ gəˈmu ti /
noun, plural go·mu·tis.
Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm.
a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
a black, horsehairlike fiber obtained from this palm, used for making cords, ropes, cables, etc.
Origin of gomuti
1805–15; probably < dialectal Malay (Moluccas)
gomuti the stem fibers of the palm; compare Malay
gəmuti (spelling
gemuti)
Words nearby gomuti
gompers,
gompers, samuel,
gomphiasis,
gomphosis,
gomulka,
gomuti,
gon-,
gonad,
gonadal cord,
gonadal dysgenesis,
gonadal ridge
Example sentences from the Web for gomuti
The Gomuti tinder of the Eastern Archipelago is the hair of a palm.
The Art of Travel |Francis Galton
British Dictionary definitions for gomuti
gomuti
gomuti palm
/ (ɡəˈmuːtɪ) /
noun plural gomutis or gomuti palms
an East Indian feather palm, Arenga pinnata, whose sweet sap is a source of sugar
a black wiry fibre obtained from the leafstalks of this plant, used for making rope, etc
a Malaysian sago palm, Metroxylon sagu
Word Origin for gomuti
from Malay
gĕmuti