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单词 talipot
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talipotn.

Brit. /ˈtalɪpɒt/, /ˈtalɪpət/, U.S. /ˈtæləˌpɑt/
Forms: 1600s–1700s tallipot, tallipat, 1600s–1800s talipat, 1800s talipot, talpat.
Etymology: < Sinhalese talapata, Malayalam tālipat = Hindi tālpāt < Sanskrit tālapattra, leaf of the tāla, palmyra, or fan-palm, Borassus flabelliformis; transferred in Sri Lanka and Southern India to the leaf of Corypha umbraculifera.
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.
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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.
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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).
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