[ noun ] Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago <noun.plant>
Gomuti \Go*mu"ti\, n. [Malayan gumuti.] A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, {Metroxylon Sagu}, and {Arenga saccharifera}, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also {ejoo}.