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

Example Sentences

The library of the temple held many richly bound Buddhist books, written on leaves made from the talipot palm.

From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes

There is a great peculiarity in the talipot palm.

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

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

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray

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)