Tal"i*pot (?), n. [Hind.
tālpāt the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.) A
beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of
Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high,
bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas
and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a
substitute for writing paper.
Tal"i*pot (?), n. [Hind.
tālpāt the leaf of the tree.] (Bot.) A
beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of
Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high,
bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas
and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a
substitute for writing paper.