NIPA

Definitions

1. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
   countable, uncountable
2. Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.
   uncountable
3. A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
4. Initialism of National Income and Product Accounts.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
5. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
   countable, uncountable
6. A barangay of Daram, Samar, Philippines.
7. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.
   countable, uncountable
8. A barangay of Palanas, Masbate, Philippines.

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest⟳ of the day and the patter of rain⟳ on nipa thatch is a soothing sound⟳.”

“The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.”

“Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have⟳ been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.”

CEFR level