Meaning | tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper. |
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Synonyms | talipot, Corypha umbraculifera |
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Member of | Corypha, genus Corypha | large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia |
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Parts | buntal | fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms |
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ola, olla | leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper |
Broader | fan palm | palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves |
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Spanish | talipot |
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Catalan | talipot |
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