单词 | nipa palm |
释义 | nipa palm (once / 179081 pages) n WORD FAMILY nipa palm: nipa palms USAGE EXAMPLESIn these, marshes grows the nipa palm, from which a liquor is distilled—there are a number of small distilleries here. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Koyala led him directly to the clearing and reclined with a sigh of utter weariness in the shade of a stunted nipa palm. Beecham, John Charles, The Argus Pheasant(2011) Alcohol of a superior quality is manufactured in large quantities from the fermented juice of the nipa palm, which grows plentifully in the neighbouring swamps. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) n any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds Syn|Hyper Nipa fruticans palm, palm tree any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
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