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
The hills round about were twinkling with the campfires of Chinese troops and in a nipa shack Chinese generals squatted with us about the burning logs, going over their plans.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Bull" Halsey's battleships rained 1,400-and 2,100-lb. shells on to the beaches, amid the coconut and nipa palms which covered the narrow plain below the rolling, jungle-clad hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Usually he was in his nipa hut in the coconuts, silent and alone.
From Caybigan by Hopper, James
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