Meaning of TALIPOT
| Pronunciation: | | 'tali`pât
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| | Definition: | | [n] tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper |
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| | Synonyms: | | Corypha umbraculifera, talipot palm |
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| | See Also: | | buntal, Corypha, fan palm, genus Corypha, ola, olla | |
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| | Definition: | | \Tal"i*pot\, n. [Hind. t[=a]lp[=a]t the leaf of the
tree.] (Bot.)
A beautiful tropical palm tree ({Corypha umbraculifera}), a
native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty
or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped
leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial
processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for
writing paper.
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