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Meaning of TALIPOT

Pronunciation:  'tali`pât

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 

TALIPOT is a 7 letter word that starts with T.

 

 Synonyms: Corypha umbraculifera, talipot palm
 
 See Also: buntal, Corypha, fan palm, genus Corypha, ola, olla

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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