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sugar palm en · NOUN

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1. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including
   • Though the sugar palm tree grows slowly, it is resistant to variable weather and has a life-span of up to 80-90 years. 2003, Thanapol (Lamduan) Chadchaidee, Thailand in My Youth, →ISBN, page 122:
   • Sugar palm is tolerant of temperatures below freezing but is damaged at –2°C. 2008, Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts, →ISBN, page 88:
2. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ especially, Arenga pinnata, a feather palm.
   • Arenga pinnata, the sugar palm or gomuti palm, was probably one of mankind's first sources of sugar. 1989, M. Boelen, Utilization of Tropical Foods: Trees, →ISBN, page 7:
3. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Borassus flabellifer (palmyra palms)
4. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Caryota urens (fishtail palm, sago palm, toddy palm, wine palm)
5. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Corypha elata (buri palm, gebang palm)
6. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
7. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Phoenix spp. (date palm)
8. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including: ▸ Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)

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