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dhani|ˈdʌnɪ|
Also dhunny.
A kind of palm, the leaves of which are often used for making thatch in the tropics.
1926Chambers's Jrnl. 9 Jan. 85/2 Bamboo matting, jungle-wood boards, and dhunny thatch make ready prey for flames. 1926Blackw. Mag. June 731/2 She arrived soon after seven at the steamer anchorage, beyond the flat islands of dhani palm and mangrove swamp. Ibid. Dec. 718/1 Huts..squalid and filthy and stinking, but for the most part newly roofed with dhani thatch against the rains. Ibid. 732/2 There was a sampan with a hooped covering of dhani leaves. |
