Corypha umbraculifera
n 1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic
leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for
writing paper [syn: {talipot}, {talipot palm}, {Corypha
umbraculifera}]
Talipot \Tal"i*pot\, n. [Hind. t[=a]lp[=a]t the leaf of the
tree.] (Bot.)
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.
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Fan palm \Fan" palm`\ (Bot.)
Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the
{Cham[ae]rops humilis} of Southern Europe; the species of
{Sabal} and {Thrinax} in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and
especially the great talipot tree ({Corypha umbraculifera})
of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often
eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for
umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for
books and manuscripts.
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