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1. attap, n. View full entry 1817
...The name used in Malayo-Javanese regions for any palm-fronds used in thatching, esp. those of the palm Nipa fruticans; hence, a thatch made of these. Also attrib....
2. cadjan, n. View full entry 1698
...‘Coco-palm leaves matted, the common substitute for thatch in Southern India’ (Col. Yule)....
3. cajuput, n. View full entry 1832
...one or more species of Melaleuca (family Myrtaceæ), esp. M. minor (Cajuputi), and M. leucodendron, natives of the Eastern Archipelago and New...
4. cocum, n.1 View full entry c1865
...An East Indian tree Garcinia purpurea related to the Mangosteen. cocum butter or oil: a greenish-yellow solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree....
5. gebang, n. View full entry 1817
...In full gebang palm. A Malaysian fan palm, Corypha elata, the leaves of which are used for basket-work and thatching, while the pith of the trunk yields a...
6. gnatoo, n. View full entry 1817
...(See quot. 1817.)...
7. gutta-percha, n. View full entry 1845
...The inspissated juice of various trees found chiefly in the Malayan archipelago (see sense 2), now extensively used in the arts....
8. Japan, n. View full entry 1577
...The name of an island nation (formerly an empire) situated off the east coast of Asia....
9. kakaho, n. View full entry 1832
...The dry flower-stalk of the toetoe raupo (Arundo conspicua), used for thatching and the making of mats and cloaks....
10. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
11. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
12. nikau, n. View full entry 1827
...A New Zealand palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, having edible leaf bases and pith; the leaves of this palm, used as a building or thatching material. Also nikau palm....
13. pili, n. View full entry 1854
...In Hawaii: the pantropical grass Heteropogon contortus, favoured as a thatching material. Also pili grass....
14. wiwi, n.1 View full entry 1840
...A New Zealand rush used to make an outer covering for the roof and walls of a house....
