Hypertext Webster Gateway: "talipot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 [syn: {talipot palm}, {Corypha
umbraculifera}]
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