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tal·i·pot
\ˈtaləˌpät\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Bengali tālipōt palm leaf, from Sanskrit tālī book palm + pattra feather, leaf; akin to Sanskrit patati he flies — more at taliera, feather
1. or talipot palm : a showy fan palm (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon, the Philippines, and the Malabar coast having a trunk 60 to 100 feet high and bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves that are used as umbrellas and fans and when cut into strips as a substitute for writing paper — see buntal, olla
2. : a starch obtained from the talipot palm |