Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Malacca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Malacca \Ma*lac"ca\, n.
A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.
{Malacca cane} (Bot.), a cane obtained from a species of palm
of the genus {Calamus} ({C. Scipionum}), and of a brown
color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin
China, Sumatra, and Malays.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
malacca
n 1: stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella
handles
2: a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm [syn: {malacca
cane}]
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