Talipot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]