RATTAN


Meaning of RATTAN in English

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.