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rattan

rat.tan \ra-'tan, r*-\ n [Malay rotan] 1a: a climbing palm (esp. of the 
   genera Calamus and Daemonorops ) with very long tough stems 1b: a part of 
   one of these stems used esp. for walking sticks and wickerwor k 2: a rattan 
   cane or switch