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The Dyaks, they told me, collected ratans, and likewise canes, which are plentiful.

From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry

The ratans I speak of, though allied to palms, are creepers.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

It was, however, supported also by ratans, which led from some overhanging trees above it, while other bamboos were stuck into the banks, and leaning outward over the stream, formed diagonal supports.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Exports: pepper, benzoin, bezoar, ratans, dragon's-blood, birds'-nests, &c.; imports: rice, salt, sugar, opium, &c.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

The most remarkable are the ratans, belonging to the Calamus genus of palms.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir