malacca cane
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Malacca cane¹
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From the former importance of Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick.
noun Malacca canes · malacca cane
- Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material. The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane.
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A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color.
The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra.
Similar: malacca stick
malacca cane²
noun malacca canes
- Alternative letter-case form of Malacca cane A chunky malacca cane with a rubber tip hung on the rail beside him.
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title = {malacca cane},
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