ˈtaləˌpät noun
( -s )
Etymology: Bengali tālipōt palm leaf, from Sanskrit tālī book palm + pattra feather, leaf; akin to Sanskrit patati he flies — more at taliera , feather
1. or talipot palm : a showy fan palm ( Corypha umbraculifera ) of Ceylon, the Philippines, and the Malabar coast having a trunk 60 to 100 feet high and bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves that are used as umbrellas and fans and when cut into strips as a substitute for writing paper — see buntal , olla
2. : a starch obtained from the talipot palm