Talipot Palm Definition

tălə-pŏt
noun
A large fan-leaved palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of South Asia that lives up to 80 years and flowers only once, producing a huge inflorescence and dying shortly after the fruits mature.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Corypha umbraculifera
  • talipot

Other Word Forms of Talipot Palm

Noun

Singular:
talipot palm
Plural:
talipot-palms

Origin of Talipot Palm

  • Ultimately from Sanskrit tālapattram palm leaf used for writing tālaḥ palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) toddy pattram leaf pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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