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Nipa

noun
1.
Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.  Synonyms: genus Nipa, genus Nypa, Nypa.
2.
Made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm.



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"Nipa" Quotes from Famous Books



... They put in some cross-bars, which cross on the trimmed-off branches. They fix them with large timbers in the manner of an enclosure, with which the trampling-ground is made. Then they enclose that floor with the same timbers, in the manner of a parapet, and cover it with a little nipa. The branches above are also protected from the rain and inclemencies of the weather. Thus the house is made so strong that it resists any invasion. It has often cost our soldiers considerable trouble ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various
... bananas, guavas, pineapples, custard apples, many varieties of oranges, and other varieties of fruits and herbs, with which the country teems. Their drink is a wine made from the tops of cocoa and nipa palm, of which there is a great abundance. They are grown and tended like vineyards, although without so much toil and labor. Drawing off the tuba, [235] they distil it, using for alembics their own little furnaces and utensils, ...
— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga


Words linked to "Nipa" :   family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, monocot genus, liliopsid genus, nipa palm, alcoholic beverage, inebriant, Palmaceae, alcohol, alcoholic drink, Palmae, family Palmae, intoxicant, palm family


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