Malacca cane

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material. uncountable
    — The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane.
  2. A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color. countable
    — The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra.

词形变化

Malacca canes plural malacca cane alternative

词源

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.
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