Hyphenation of rattan

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word rattan? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

rat-tan

Definitions of rattan:

1.	Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
2.	The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
3.	A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

Synonyms of rattan:

noun	rattan palm, Calamus rotang, calamus
noun	rattan cane, cane
noun	ratan, switch

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