About The Word Talipot
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Talipot
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Talipot: 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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