malacca cane
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Calamus scipionum, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; (inexact) closely similar species and their material.
Uncountable
noun
A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color.
Countable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Malacca cane.
Example Sentences
- "The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane."
- "Malacca cane grows in clumps in the jungle."
- "The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra."
- "Malacca canes have frequently to be colored in parts."
- "Adrian checked the orchid at his buttonhole, inspected the spats at his feet, gave the lavender gloves a twitch, smoothed down his waistcoat, tucked the ebony Malacca-cane under his arm, swallowed twice and pushed wide the changing-room door."
- "A chunky malacca cane with a rubber tip hung on the rail beside him."
Etymology
From the former importance of Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick.