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 long avenues of palms of different varieties—palmyra, talipot, sago, royal, sealing-wax—and the specimens of bamboo, India rubber, and rain-tree, are unique and wonderful.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins

Flemish sepulchral brasses companied strangely with runic tablets, miniature paintings, a winged bull, Tamil scriptures on lacquered leaves of the talipot, mediaeval reliquaries richly gemmed, Brahmin gods.

From Prince Zaleski by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray

There is a great peculiarity in the talipot palm.

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

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray