Malacca cane

English thumb|right|200px|An 18th-century Malacca cane thumb|right|200px|The knob of a 19th-century Masonic Malacca cane Alternative forms en malacca cane Etymology From the former importance of en Malacca as a port for the rattan trade and en cane in its senses both as a reed-like plant and as a walking stick. Noun ~ en uncountable Calamus scipionum species, a species of thick rattan climbing palm native to Southeast Asia; its material; en inexact closely similar species and their material. en 1897 Outing 30 483 The mallets or sticks [sc. used in polo] are generally of malacca cane. en 1965 Charles Shuttleworth Malayan Safari 88 Malacca cane grows in clumps in the jungle. en countable fashion A walking stick made of C. scipionum or similar material with a rich but mottled brown color. en malacca stick en 1856 Berthold Carl Seemann A Popular History of the Palms and Their Allies 131 The well-known ‘Malacca Canes’... do not occur about Malacca itself, but are imported from Siak, on the opposite coast of Sumatra. en 1874 Edward H. Knight The Practical Dictionary of Mechanics I 443 Malacca canes have frequently to be colored in parts. 5 Adrian checked the orchid at his buttonhole, inspected the spats at his feet, gave the lavender gloves a twitch, smoothed down his waistcoat, tucked the ebony Malacca-cane under his arm, swallowed twice and pushed wide the changing-room door. References Malacca cane n¹ 27016 1888 Malacca n 112689 2000 en Fashion Palm trees