ejoo en · NOUN
Etymology
From Malay ijuk.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Synonym of gomuti.
[T]he ejoo, used by the Malay pirates for their cables, is procured from the sago tree, a species of palm.
1841 February 16, The Australian, Sydney, page 3, column 2:The midribs of the leaves of many of the palms, a stronger and stouter substance than the kittool and ejoo fibres of Ceylon and the East, are what is wanted[.]
1865 March 11, The Adelaide Observer, page 2, column 8: