gomuti

2 definitions found

gomuti - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.]
     A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained
     from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu,
     and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used
     for making cordage. Called also ejoo.
     [1913 Webster]

gomuti - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gomuti
      n 1: Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with
           fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith
           yields sago [syn: sugar palm, gomuti, gomuti palm,
           Arenga pinnata]