Tapa

[tɑ:pә]

(noun.) a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.

(noun.) the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.

Checked by Candy--From WordNet

(n.) A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.

Edited by Johanna

much used in the South Seas for mats &c.—Also Tap′pa.

Checker: Patrice