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tappans

tappans is the plural of tappan.

Meaning of tappan

Noun

tappan (plural tappans)

  1. An emergent tropical rainforest tree, Koompassia excelsa, family Fabaceae, of Southeast Asia.
    • The honey-bee of Borneo very generally hangs its combs under the branches of the Tappan, a tree which towers above all others in the forest, and whose smooth cylindrical trunk often rises a hundred feet without a branch.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 125

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Proper noun capitalized: Tappans

Tappans

  1. (plural) plural of Tappan

Questions about tappans

What is tappans the plural of?
Tappans is the plural of tappan.
What part of speech is tappans?
Tappans is a proper noun.

Words near tappans in the dictionary

  1. tappalls
  2. tappals
  3. tappan
  4. Tappan Sea
  5. Tappan Zee
  6. tappans
  7. tappaul
  8. tappauls
  9. Tappe
  10. tapped
  11. tapped in

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