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talipot
(encz) | talipot, n: |
Talipot
(gcide) | Talipot \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.
[1913 Webster]
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talipot
(wn) | talipot
n 1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic
leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for
writing paper [syn: talipot, talipot palm, {Corypha
umbraculifera}] |
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talipot palm
(encz) | talipot palm, n: |
Talipot
(gcide) | Talipot \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.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster] |
talipot palm
(wn) | talipot palm
n 1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic
leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for
writing paper [syn: talipot, talipot palm, {Corypha
umbraculifera}] |
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