Goltschut

[Lat.] A small ingot of gold. -An itzebu; a silver coin in Japan, worth 44 cts. Fed. mon. Goma'to, or GOMUTI PALM, n. ( Bot .) The Saguerus sac char i fier, or Areng , a species of trees, order Palma ceæ , found in the Moluccas and Philippines, which supplies abundance of sugar. Palm-sugar is generally obtained from the juice which flows out from different palms upon wounding their spathes and adjacent parts. It is commonly known in India by the name of jaggery . The juice of the gomuti palm, when fermented, produces an intoxicating liquid or toddy. In Sumatra it is termed neva , and a kind of arrack is distilled from it in Batavia. From the trunk of this palm, when exhausted of its saccharine juice, a good deal of our commercial sago is obtained. A single tree will yield from 150 to 200 lbs. of sago. The juice of the fruit is very acrid. The stiff strong fibre known under the name of Gommuti, or Ejow fibre, is obtained from the leaf-stalks, and is extensively used in the manufacture of cables and various kinds of ropes.