talipot

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• These were substantially built of timber and talipots, thatched with cadjans and bamboo leaves, and festooned and decorated as the Singhalese only can decorate - leaves, flowers and fruit being entwined together with so much delicacy and airy tastefulness as to impart an almost fairy-like form to the pavilion.
• The use of the talipots and the lion flag were conceded by the king to a chief in the Uggalboda sannas, together with the use of the ceremonial torches.
• It also has some 700 hectares of the fan-leaved corypha or talipot palm Corypha umbraculifera, on the leaves of which Buddhist sermons were originally inscribed. Dong Phayayan Khao-Yai Forest Complex, Thailand
• The line then pushes its way through a bewildering medley of tropical vegetation -- there are miles of cashew and breadfruit trees, of frangipani and jaks, and more than once a stately talipot-palm is discerned in full blossom -- for half a century the tree has stored its vitality for this one effort; and the burst of splendor spent, its career on earth is ended. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan
• In Ceylon, for instance, the leaves of the talipot; in India, the leaves of the palm (with which they commonly covered their houses,) were used for books. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.
• The flowering talipot is a breathtaking sight, but one that is becoming increasingly rare in the city these days.
• Large as the dimensions of the talipot leaf may appear, it is exceeded in size by the _troolie_ of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829)
• This fact was emphasized by a long afternoon drive, beginning in the native quarter with its attendant bazars and ending with a long country tour for at least an hour through a forest of palms of many varieties, the tall talipot towering high -- higher even than the fruit-laden cocoanut palm, -- while bread-fruit trees, jack-fruit trees, and bananas made a pleasing variety. Travels in the Far East
• At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan
• Some years pass without any talipots coming out into bloom at all; many years only one or two are to be seen, but on average there is a full show every seven to ten years.