单词 | talipot |
释义 | talipotn. a. A South Indian fan-palm, Corypha umbraculifera, native in Sri Lanka and Malabar, noted for its great height, and its enormous fan-shaped leaves, which are much used as a material to write on. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palmetto trees or fan-palms palmite1555 palmetto1582 palmetto tree1582 talipot1681 tamarind-palmetto1698 Chamaerops1766 eta palm1769 cabbage palm tree1773 palmetto bush1784 swamp-cabbage1792 cabbage tree1796 saw palmetto1797 latania1799 hat palm1812 gebang1817 coco de mer?1820 itaa1832 cabbage palm1847 miriti1853 latania1856 moriche1860 broom-palm1866 ilala1868 licuala1872 fan-plant1884 tiger-grass1884 buri1890 latanier1929 Washingtonia1945 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > talipot talipot1681 buri1890 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 15 The first is the Tallipot; It is as big and tall as a Ships Mast, and very streight, bearing only Leaves. 1837 J. Macculloch Proofs Attrib. God III. xliv. 162 The Bamboo has been ordained for his dwelling and the Talipot to shelter him from the rains. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. i. iii. 109 The most majestic and wonderful of the palm tribe is the talpat or talipat, the stem of which sometimes attains the height of 100 feet, and each of its enormous fan-like leaves, when laid upon the ground, will form a semicircle of 16 feet in diameter. b. attributive, as talipot-leaf, talipot-palm, talipot-tree. ΚΠ 1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon Pref. A Fan made of the Talipat-Leaf. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 304 Two great Tallipat Leaves for Tents. 1803 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 44/2 A leaf of the talipot tree is a tent to the soldier,..and a book to the scholar. 1834 H. Caunter in Oriental Ann. vii. 75 [We] had the gratifying opportunity of seeing a talipât palm in blossom. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681 |
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