Jag·ger·y palm An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.
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jaggery palm
n : fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a
brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: wine
palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy alm, Caryota
urens]