talipot palm

talipot palm
A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves and flowers

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  • talipot palm — skėtinė korifa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Corypha umbraculifera), paplitęs Indijoje ir Šri Lankoje. atitikmenys: lot. Corypha umbraculifera angl. great fan palm; talipot palm vok. große… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • talipot palm — korifa statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių (Arecaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Corypha). atitikmenys: lot. Corypha angl. talipot palm vok. Schirmpalme; Schopf Palme rus. корифа; пальма тени lenk. wachlarzowiec …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • talipot palm — noun 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, ↑Corypha umbraculifera • Hypernyms: ↑fan palm • Member Holonyms: ↑Corypha, ↑genus Corypha …   Useful english dictionary

  • talipot — [tal′i pät΄] n. [Beng tālipāt, palm leaf < Sans tālī, fan palm + pattra, leaf: for IE bases see TAILOR & FEATHER] a fan palm (Corypha umbraculifera) of the East Indies, with gigantic leaves used for fans, umbrellas, etc., and seeds used for… …   English World dictionary

  • Palm leaf manuscript — Palm leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves. They were used to record actual and mythical narratives in South Asia and in South East Asia. It was the paper of the ancient world. Initially knowledge was passed down orally,… …   Wikipedia

  • talipot — /tal euh pot /, n. 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. Also called talipot palm …   Universalium

  • talipot — noun A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves and flowers Syn: talipot palm …   Wiktionary

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palm — palm1 /pahm/, n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. 4. Also called… …   Universalium

  • talipot — /ˈtæləpɒt/ (say taluhpot) noun a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera of southern India and Sri Lanka, whose large leaves are much used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper. {Malayalam tālipat, from Hindi… …  

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