(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:01:12

Ma*lac"ca (?), n.

A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

Malacca cane Bot., a cane obtained from a species of palm of the genus Calamus (C. Scipionum), and of a brown color, often mottled. The plant is a native of Cochin China, Sumatra, and Malays.

 

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