Corypha umbraculifera

Noun

Meaning

tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

talipot talipot palm

Hypernyms

fan palm

Examples

A. titanum has the largest unbranched inflorescence, while the talipot palm ( Corypha umbraculifera ) forms the largest branched inflorescence, containing thousands of flowers; the talipot is monocarpic, meaning the individual plants die after flowering. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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