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talipot

/tal-uh-pot/US // ˈtæl əˌpɒt //UK // (ˈtælɪˌpɒt) //

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.

Examples

  • Fan-palm, a name sometimes given to the talipot palm or Corўpha umbraculifĕra, a native of Ceylon and Malabar.

  • Talipot, tal′i-pot, n. an East Indian palm with fan-shaped leaves.

  • The library of the temple held many richly bound Buddhist books, written on leaves made from the talipot palm.

  • The lines are either hemp, cotton, or the fibre of the talipot palm (Caryota urens), which is obtained by maceration.

  • In Orissa, till lately, writing was done on a talipot palm-leaf, on which the letters were scratched with an iron stylus.