kittul

noun

kit·​tul

variants or less commonly kittool or kitul

kə̇ˈtül

plural -s

1

a

: a brownish black fiber resembling horsehair yielded by the leafstalks of the Asiatic jaggery palm and used chiefly in making brushes for polishing linens and cottons and for brushing velvets

called also black fiber

b

: jaggery palm

2

a

: a fiber derived from the gomuti palm resembling kittul

b

: gomuti palm

Word History

Etymology

Sinhalese kitul, hitul, from Sanskrit hintāla

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