gomuti Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
    gomuti palm; sugar palm; Arenga pinnata.

WordNet

Go*mu"ti noun
Etymology
Malayan gumuti.
Definitions
  1. A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

Webster 1913