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jipijapa

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ji⋅pi⋅ja⋅pa

  [hee-pee-hah-pah, -puh]
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–noun
1. Also called Panama-hat plant. a tropical American, palmlike plant, Carludovica palmata.
2. a Panama hat made from the young leaves of this plant.
Origin:
1855–60; < AmerSp, after Jipijapa, town in Ecuador
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ji·pi·ja·pa   (hē'pē-hä'pə)   
n.  A stemless palmlike plant (Carludovica palmata) of Central and South America, having long-stalked, fanlike leaves that are used to make Panama hats.

[American Spanish, after Jipijapa, a city of western Ecuador.]
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