Meaning of talipot | Babel Free

Definitions

A tall palm tree, Corypha umbraculifera, from Sri Lanka and southern India, having very large leaves which were used as a material to write on.

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“On Sunday, Oct. 12. being ſtored vvith all things needful for their Journey, viz. Ten Days Proviſion, a Baſin to boil their Provision in, two Calabaſhes to fetch⟳ VVater in, and tvvo great Tallipat Leaves for Tents, with Jaggory, Svveet-meats, Tobacco, Betell, Tinder-Boxes, and a Deer-Skin for Shoes, to keep⟳ their Feet from Thorns, becauſe to them they chiefly truſted.”

“The leaves of the talipot or palmyra tree were rolled and boiled and oiled so as to prepare⟳ them for use⟳ in the writing of a manuscript.”

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