sugar palm

noun8

1. •
   Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar.

   • 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
2. •
   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
3. •
   Borassus flabellifer (palmyra palms)
4. •
   Caryota urens (fishtail palm, sago palm, toddy palm, wine palm)
5. •
   Corypha elata (buri palm, gebang palm)
6. •
   Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
7. •
   Phoenix spp. (date palm)
8. •
   Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)