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talipot |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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