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talipot
CIDE DICTIONARY
talipot, n. [Hind. tālpāt the leaf of the tree.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
talipot, n. a tall S. Indian palm, Corypha umbraculifera, with very large fan-shaped leaves that are used as sunshades etc.
Etymology
Malayalam talipat, Hindi talpat f. Skr. talapattra f. tala palm + pattra leaf
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