A talipot palm was in blossom, towering high to heaven, but we knew that its course was nearly ended, for when it attains about half a century of vitality it droops and dies; this seems a strange anomaly of Nature.
The library of the temple held many richly bound Buddhist books, written on leaves made from the talipot palm.
They are the talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), the fiber from the wood of which is used in India for paper making.
The large Cingalese umbrella used by headsmen and at weddings is of the same shape, made of the young leaves of the talipot palm, often richly decorated with plaited patterns in various colours, and with mica inlay.
This impression was the more strengthened, that we rarely perceived a man with anything else in his hand than a Talipot leaf, or a Chinese parasol, to protect himself against the burning rays of the sun, which shone almost directly overhead.
Palmyra palm (Borassus flabelliformis), but those of the Talipot are preferred to all others for their closeness of texture, and are alone used in important records and other documents.
There was a large stock of talipots* (*Large leaves from thetalipot tree.
Deer-hides were pegged down to form a carpet upon the floors, and the walls were neatly covered withtalipot leaves.
An ornamental talipot carried in processions by tenants of superior grade.
Large as the dimensions of the talipot leaf may appear, it is exceeded in size by the troolie of Surinam, which extends on the ground, and has frequently been known to attain the width of three feet, and the length of thirty.
The talipot leaves are likewise used by the common people to shelter themselves from the rain, one leaf affording sufficient shelter for seven or eight persons.
There are several comprehensive manuscripts devoted to native history, written upontalipot palm-leaf, carefully preserved in the museum at Colombo.
Leaves of the talipot have been measured in Ceylon which have attained the length of twenty feet, and they are used by the natives for the erection of tents.
The interest of our little party centred most upon some old manuscript books written upon talipot palm leaves in the Pali, Sanskrit, and Singhalese languages.
The flower of the talipot is a tall, pyramidal spike of pale yellow blossoms, standing twenty feet above its heavy dark-green foliage like a huge military pompon.
The talipot palm is very marked in its nature, and is specially interesting to naturalists; fine specimens are to be seen all over the island.
It will be proper, on the line of march, to allow time to the Coolies, who are not provided with Talipot leaves, and even to encourage them to construct huts or wigwams with branches and leaves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "talipot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
