Talipot

[tælipɒt]

Definition

(noun.) tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper.

Editor: Xenia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.

Edited by Claudette

Definition

n. an East Indian palm with fan-shaped leaves.—Also Tal′iput Tal′ipat.

Inputed by Leonard