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tapa
CIDE DICTIONARY
tapa, n.
A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tapa, n.
1 the bark of a paper-mulberry tree.
2 cloth made from this, used in the Pacific islands.
1 the bark of a paper-mulberry tree.
2 cloth made from this, used in the Pacific islands.
Etymology
Polynesian
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