Dictionary entry

Malacca

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.