n. (also ratan)
1. any East Indian climbing palm of the genus Calamus etc. with long thin jointed pliable stems.
2 a piece of rattan stem used as a walking stick etc.
Etymology: earlier rot(t)ang f. Malay rotan prob. f. raut pare
n. (also ratan)
1. any East Indian climbing palm of the genus Calamus etc. with long thin jointed pliable stems.
2 a piece of rattan stem used as a walking stick etc.
Etymology: earlier rot(t)ang f. Malay rotan prob. f. raut pare
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012