talipot

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talipot

(ˈtælɪˌpɒt) or

talipot palm

n (Plants) a palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, of the East Indies, having large leaves that are used for fans, thatching houses, etc[C17: from Bengali: palm leaf, from Sanskrit tālī fan palm + pattra leaf]

tal•i•pot

(ˈtæl əˌpɒt)

n. a tall palm with large fronds, Coryphaumbraculifera, of S India, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. [1675–85; < Malay talipat « Skt tālapattra=tāla fan palm + pattra leaf]

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talipot - tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paperCorypha umbraculifera, talipot palmfan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leavesCorypha, genus Corypha - large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australiabuntal - fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hatsola, olla - leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper

Talipot

(Corypha umbraculifera), a plant of the family Palmae. The trunk measures approximately 25 m in length and 60–90 cm in diameter. It is crowned by enormous fan-shaped leaves measuring as much as 5 m in diameter, with stalks as much as 2–3 m in length. The flowers grow in apical branched inflorescences measuring more than 6 m in length, sometimes reaching 14 m. The fruit has a fleshy pericarp the size of a cherry. The palm flowers between its 30th and 50th year of life and dies after bearing fruit. It grows in India and Sri Lanka, where it is cultivated for the edible starch from the pulp of the trunk. The leaves are used for roofing and for the manufacture of umbrellas and woven articles. Beads, buttons, and the like are made from the hard seeds.

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

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