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TALIPOT
talipot, talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera
(noun) tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
talipot (plural talipots)
A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves and flowers
Synonyms
• talipot palm
Source: Wiktionary
Tal"i*pot, n. Etym: [Hind. talpat the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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