Difference between revisions of "Talipot palm"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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A tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, native to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The talipot palm is a very tall palm with broad fan-shaped leaves that are used for making fans and umbrellas and covering houses. The leaves have been used for writing paper. | A tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, native to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The talipot palm is a very tall palm with broad fan-shaped leaves that are used for making fans and umbrellas and covering houses. The leaves have been used for writing paper. | ||
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | Corypha umbraculifera | + | ''Corypha umbraculifera'' |
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| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations== |
| − | * | + | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 |
| − | * | + | * Virtual Palm encyclopedia at http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/species/corypha_umbraculifera.htm |
| − | * | + | * Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997 |
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998 | ||
Latest revision as of 14:19, 7 June 2022
Description
A tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, native to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The talipot palm is a very tall palm with broad fan-shaped leaves that are used for making fans and umbrellas and covering houses. The leaves have been used for writing paper.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Corypha umbraculifera
Resources and Citations
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Virtual Palm encyclopedia at http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/species/corypha_umbraculifera.htm
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998