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talipot

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tal=i=pot

CIDE DICTIONARY

talipotn. [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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