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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 ratan
 藤;藤莖;藤杖;藤鞭
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Ra·tan n. See Rattan.
 
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Rat·tan n.  [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 exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 ratan
      n : a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms [syn: rattan]