Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rattan

3 senses of rattan

Sense 1
rattan, rattan palm, Calamus rotang -- (climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes)
       => calamus -- (any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes)

Sense 2
rattan, rattan cane -- (the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes)
       => cane -- (a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane)

Sense 3
rattan, ratan -- (a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms)
       => switch -- (a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment)