/geuh mooh"tee/ , n. , pl. gomutis .
1. Also called gomuti palm, sugar palm . a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
2. a black, horsehairlike fiber obtained from this palm, used for making cords, ropes, cables, etc.
[ 1805-15; prob. gomuti the stem fibers of the palm; cf. Malay gamuti (sp. gemuti ) ]