talipot

American  

[tal-uh-pot] / ˈtæl əˌpɒt /

noun

1. a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.

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talipot British  

/ ˈtælɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, of the East Indies, having large leaves that are used for fans, thatching houses, etc

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Etymology

Origin of talipot

1675–85; < Malay talipat ≪ Sanskrit tālapattra, equivalent to tāla fan palm + pattra leaf

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Example Sentences

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talipot

There are several comprehensive manuscripts devoted to native history, written upon talipot palm-leaf, carefully preserved in the museum at Colombo.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

The talipot palm is very marked in its nature, and is specially interesting to naturalists; fine specimens are to be seen all over the island.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

Deer-hides were pegged down to form a carpet upon the floors, and the walls were neatly covered with talipot leaves.

From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

Fan-palm, a name sometimes given to the talipot palm or Corўpha umbraculifĕra, a native of Ceylon and Malabar.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Leaves of the talipot have been measured in Ceylon which have attained the length of twenty feet, and they are used by the natives for the erection of tents.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

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