Caryota (kariota)

[NL. (L., in Gr. sense) (> F. caryote ), toothed at the extremity. The best-known species, C. urens, called the bastard sago, is a native of India, and is of great value. By severing the ends of the succe ive flowering stems a sweet sap is obtained, which is either boiled down into syrup and sugar, or made by ferment a toddy, which arrack by The softbith abounds in balikanishinde into bread or eaten as gruel. The outer part of the stem is hard, strong, and durable, and is much used for building and for agricultural implements; and the sheaths of the leaves yield a very strong fiber, known as kittul fiber, which is said to indestructible. cast, n. A Middle English form of case1 .