kittul

English

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Etymology

From Sinhalese කිතුල් (kitul, “jaggery”).

Noun

kittul (countable and uncountable, plural kittuls)

  1. A palm of species Caryota urens, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that yields a sap from which sugar can be made.
  2. (uncountable) A fiber obtained from the leaves of the palm.

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