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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tal·i·pot n.  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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fan palm Bot. Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Corypha umbraculifera
      n : tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic
          leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for
          writing paper [syn: talipot, talipot palm]