talipot

Meaning

A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves which were used as a material to write on.

Synonyms

Corypha umbraculifera

Corypha lecontei

Etymology

From Sinhalese [script needed] (talapata), Malayalam [script needed] (tālipat), from Sanskrit [Term?].

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