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ejoo en · NOUN

Etymology

From Malay ijuk.

Meanings

  1. (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:

Synonyms

gomuti