talipot

 
Pronunciation: /ˈtalɪpɒt/

noun

  • a tall Indian palm with very large fan-shaped leaves and a flower that can reach 8 m tall. The leaves are used as sunshades and for thatching, and to make the material on which Buddhist sacred books are written.
    • Corypha umbraculifera, family Palmae

Origin:

late 17th century: from Malayalam tālipat, from Sanskrit tālīpatra, from tālī 'palm' + patra 'leaf'