[tal-uh-pot] 
| a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental. |
| tal·i·pot (tāl'ə-pŏt') n. A tall palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of India and Sri Lanka, having a spreading crown of very large fanlike leaves and a giant inflorescence that is the largest among the flowering plants. [Ultimately from Sanskrit tālapattram, palm leaf used for writing : tālaḥ, fan palm; see toddy + pattram, leaf; see pet- in Indo-European roots.] |