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Nipa palm

noun
1.
Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds.  Synonym: Nipa fruticans.






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"Nipa palm" Quotes from Famous Books



... and of high value; many porcelains and fine earthenware jars; lances, daggers, bells, and vases; and many adornments for their persons, of which they make use. They also have great quantities of provisions, which they gather every year from their irrigated lands; palm wine, and wine of the nipa palm, which they collect ordinarily every day during the whole year and many other wines, made from rice or cane—to say nothing of the great profits they make from wax and gold, which are ordinarily produced in all the islands. There is a great deal of cotton, which ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 - Volume III, 1569-1576 • E.H. Blair



Words linked to "Nipa palm" :   palm tree, Nipa fruticans, genus Nypa, genus Nipa, palm, nipa, Nypa



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