Malacca cane

noun

Ma·​lac·​ca cane mə-ˈla-kə 

variants or Malacca or malacca cane or malacca

: the often mottled, slender wood stem of an Asian rattan palm (especially Calamus rotang) used especially for walking sticks and umbrella handles

Word History

Etymology

Malacca, Malaya

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Malacca cane

• cyclopropane
• legerdemain
• nitromethane
• ultramontane
• abstain
• airplane
• alkane
• arcane
• arraign
• attain
• backplane
• betaine

Geographical Definition

Melaka

geographical name

Me·​laka mə-ˈla-kə 

-ˈlä-

variants or Malacca

1

state of Malaysia on the Strait of Malacca in the western peninsular part of the country area 640 square miles (1648 square kilometers), population 805,000

2

city, seaport, and capital of the state of Melaka population 250,635