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talipots

talipots is the plural of talipot.

Meaning of talipot

Noun

talipot (plural talipots)

  1. 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.
    • On Sunday, Oct. 12. being ſtored vvith all things needful for their Journey, viz. Ten Days Proviſion, a Baſin to boil their Provision in, two Calabaſhes to fetch VVater in, and tvvo great Tallipat Leaves for Tents, with Jaggory, Svveet-meats, Tobacco, Betell, Tinder-Boxes, and a Deer-Skin for...1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    talipot palm

Questions about talipots

What is talipots the plural of?
Talipots is the plural of talipot.

Words near talipots in the dictionary

  1. talipes equinovarus
  2. talipexole
  3. talipot
  4. talipot palm
  5. talipot palms
  6. talipots
  7. taliput
  8. taliputs
  9. talis
  10. talis qualis
  11. talisay

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