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go•mu•ti
(gə mo̅o̅′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tis.
- Plant BiologyAlso called gomu′ti palm′, sugar palm. a sago palm, Arenga pinnata, of the East Indies, yielding palm sugar.
- Textilesa black, horsehairlike fiber obtained from this palm, used for making cords, ropes, cables, etc.
- dialect, dialectal Malay (Moluccas) gomuti the stem fibers of the palm; compare Malay gəmuti (spelling, spelled gemuti)
- probably 1805–15
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