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toddy palm — noun 1. tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving • Syn: ↑palmyra, ↑palmyra palm, ↑wine palm, ↑lontar, ↑longar palm, ↑Borassus… … Useful english dictionary
Toddy — Tod dy, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toddy bird — Toddy Tod dy, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toddy cat — Toddy Tod dy, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toddy — [täd′ē] n. pl. toddies [Anglo Ind < Hindi tāṛī, fermented sap of palmyra tree < tāṛ, palm tree < Sans tāla, palmyra] 1. a) the sweet sap of various East Indian palms, used as a beverage b) an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting this sap… … English World dictionary
toddy — (n.) 1610s, alteration of taddy (1610s), tarrie (c.1600) beverage made from fermented palm sap, from Hindi tari palm sap (in which the r sounds close to an English d ), from tar palm tree, from Skt. tala s, probably from a Dravidian language (Cf … Etymology dictionary
toddy — [17] Toddy originally meant ‘palm sap’. It was an alteration of an earlier tarry, which was borrowed from Hindi tārī. This was a derivative of tār ‘palm tree’, a descendant of Sanskrit tāla or tāra, which in turn was probably borrowed from a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
toddy — [17] Toddy originally meant ‘palm sap’. It was an alteration of an earlier tarry, which was borrowed from Hindi tārī. This was a derivative of tār ‘palm tree’, a descendant of Sanskrit tāla or tāra, which in turn was probably borrowed from a… … Word origins
toddy — /ˈtɒdi / (say todee) noun (plural toddies) 1. a drink made of spirits and hot water, sweetened and sometimes spiced with cloves. 2. the drawn sap, especially when fermented, of various species of palm (toddy palms), used as a drink. {Hindi tāṛī …
toddy palm — aitrioji kariota statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos krakmolinis, pluoštinis augalas (Caryota urens), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. Naudojamas gėrimams ir saldikliams gaminti. atitikmenys: lot. Caryota urens angl. fishtail palm;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
