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 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

The talipot palm is the queen of its tribe.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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

At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland

The talipot leaves are likewise used by the common people to shelter themselves from the rain, one leaf affording sufficient shelter for seven or eight persons.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) by Various