sugar palm

Noun

sugar palm (plural sugar palms)

1. Any member of certain species of palm used to produce sugar, including
   • Though the sugar palm tree grows slowly, it is resistant to variable weather and has a life-span of up to 80-90 years.2003, Thanapol (Lamduan) Chadchaidee, Thailand in My Youth, →ISBN, page 122
   • Sugar palm is tolerant of temperatures below freezing but is damaged at –2°C.2008, Jules Janick, Robert E. Paull, The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts, →ISBN, page 88
2. especially, Arenga pinnata, a feather palm.
   • Arenga pinnata, the sugar palm or gomuti palm, was probably one of mankind's first sources of sugar.1989, M. Boelen, Utilization of Tropical Foods: Trees, →ISBN, page 7
3. Borassus flabellifer (palmyra palms)
4. Caryota urens (fishtail palm, sago palm, toddy palm, wine palm)
5. Corypha elata (buri palm, gebang palm)
6. Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
7. Phoenix spp. (date palm)
8. Cocos nucifera (coconut palm)