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Talipot

Talipot Meaning & Definition
Talipot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Talipot?

[n] tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper

Synonyms | Synonyms for Talipot: Corypha umbraculifera | talipot palm

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See Also | buntal | Corypha | fan palm | genus Corypha | ola | olla

Talipot In Webster's Dictionary

\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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