talipot palm

Noun
  1. Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper (synset 112610602)
    is a type of: fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
    belongs to: corypha, genus corypha - large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
    has:
    • buntal - fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats
    • ola, olla - leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
    same as: corypha umbraculifera, talipot

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