Category:Talipot

Tal"i*pot, n. Etym: [hind. talpat the leaf of the tree.] (bot.)

Defn: a beautiful tropical palm tree (corypha umbraculifera), a Native of ceylon and the malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or Seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves Which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, And, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper.