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noun
A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves which were used as a material to write on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: talipot palm
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fan palm
History
From Sinhalese [script needed] (talapata), Malayalam [script needed] (tālipat), from Sanskrit [Term?].
