rattan

  • 1Rattan — Daemonorops draco Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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  • 2Rattan — Rattan, OK U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 241 Housing Units (2000): 127 Land area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq …

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  • 3Rattan, OK — U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 241 Housing Units (2000): 127 Land area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.978293 sq. miles (10.303732 sq. km) FIPS… …

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  • 4Rattan — Rat*tan (r[a^]t*t[a^]n ), n. [Malay r[=o]tan.] [Written also {ratan}.] (Bot.) 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Rattan [1] — Rattan, Insel, so v.w. Roatan …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 6Rattan [2] — Rattan, kleines spanisches Rohr, womit die Türken bei geringen Strafen die Streiche auf die Fußsohlen ertheilen; vgl. Falak …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 7rattan — 1650s, from Malay rotan, from raut to trim, strip …

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  • 8rattan — /ratˈtan, ingl. ræˈtæn,/ [vc. ingl., dal suo nome malese, rōtan] s. m. inv. midollino, giunco, canna d India …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 9rattan — ► NOUN ▪ a tropical climbing palm which yields thin, jointed stems used to make furniture. ORIGIN Malay …

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  • 10rattan — [ra tan′, rətan′] n. [Malay rotan < ? rautan, a thing that has been cleaned by stripping off the outside] 1. a tall palm tree (genera Calamus and Daemonorops) with long, slender, tough stems 2. a stem of any of these trees, used in making… …

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