Home › Words › R › rontalrontalrontal means A type of palm tree, Borassus flabellifer.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, rontal ranks #28,355 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Old Javanese [script needed] (rontal): ron "leaf" + tal "palm".nounA type of palm tree, Borassus flabellifer.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.palmyra 64% match — A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes. vs rontal →brab 61% match — The palmyra tree. vs rontal →palmiferous 60% match — Bearing palm trees. vs rontal →frondiform 57% match — Shaped like a frond. vs rontal →frondose 57% match — Leafy. vs rontal →palmy 57% match — Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees. vs rontal →nibong 56% match — The Asian palm tree Oncosperma tigillarium. vs rontal →palmiet 56% match — A South African flowering plant, Prionium serratum. vs rontal →