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tal•i•pot
Pronunciation: (tal'u-pot"), [key]—
n.
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. Also called
tal'ipot palm". Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.