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

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talipot

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 Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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 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)

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

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray