| rattan | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. calamus rotang, rattan, rattan palm | climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes. |
| ~ malacca | stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles. |
| ~ calamus | any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes. |
| n. (plant) | 2. rattan, rattan cane | the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes. |
| ~ cane | a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. ratan, rattan | a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms. |
| ~ switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment. |
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