nipa
Americannoun
noun
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a palm tree, Nipa fruticans, of S and SE Asia, having feathery leaves, used for thatching, and edible fruit
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the fruit or thatch obtained from this tree
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the sap of this tree, used to make a liquor
Etymology
Origin of nipa
1580–90; < New Latin < Malay nipah
Example Sentences
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Once, its creek was home to thick forests of mangroves, but now most were gone, the victims of past environmental disasters and encroachment of invasive nipa palms, brought there long ago by the British.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Like many a creek of the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, it was choked by nipa palms.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Allegedly this now secret process may revolutionize the sugar industry, cause nipa palms to spring up in place of sugar cane or sugar beets.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mud, thin and yellow and bottom less, rose against the stilts of the nipa shacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He jerked a derisive thumb in the direction of the iron and nipa roofs ashore.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
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