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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talipot

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

These are the cocoanut, the palmyra, the kittool, the areca, the date, the talipot, and the fan palm.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

The interest of our little party centred most upon some old manuscript books written upon talipot palm leaves in the Pali, Sanskrit, and Singhalese languages.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou

The most extraordinary in the list of palms is the talipot.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker

The flower of the talipot is a tall, pyramidal spike of pale yellow blossoms, standing twenty feet above its heavy dark-green foliage like a huge military pompon.

From The Pearl of India by Maturin Murray Ballou