talipot
/ˈtælɪpɒt/noun
1- a tall Indian palm with very large fan-shaped leaves and a flower that can reach 8 m tall. The leaves are used as sunshades and for thatching, and to make the material upon which Buddhist sacred books are written.伞形行李叶椰子, 伞干顶榈。
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- Corypha umbraculifera, family Palmae.拉丁名Corypha umbraculifera, 棕榈科。
词源
late 17th cent.: from Malayalam tālipat, from Sanskrit tālīpatra, from tālī 'palm' + patra 'leaf'.