Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rhizomatous feather-leaved palm (Nypa fruticans) of tidal rivers of southern Asia and Australia, having long fronds often used for thatching.
- noun An alcoholic beverage made from the sap of this plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aberrant genus of low palms of the tribe Phytelephantinæ, characterized by the one-celled carpels and roughened pollen-grains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
- proper noun from sap of an Australasian palm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
- noun monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the same manner as the cocoanut-palm, the sap is extracted by incision made in the fruit-bearing stalk, and is used for distilling a liquid known as nipa wine, which, however, should properly be termed a spirit.
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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They built it better, and roofed it with tile, whereby it will be safer than a roofing of nipa, which is so exposed to fire and flames.
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The rest of the resorts in Patar Beach only have basic accommodation such as nipa huts.
Ivan About Town 2009
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It can be a five star hotel with all the amenities or a loan nipa hut tucked away on the beach.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2011
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The banka repaired, me, Clifford, and Clifford's crew settled in a nipa hut.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2011
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The banka repaired, me, Clifford, and Clifford's crew settled in a nipa hut.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2011
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It can be a five star hotel with all the amenities or a loan nipa hut tucked away on the beach.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2011
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It can be a five star hotel with all the amenities or a loan nipa hut tucked away on the beach.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2010
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The banka repaired, me, Clifford, and Clifford's crew settled in a nipa hut.
The Dancing Lady Matthew A. Hamilton 2010
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In the fo'c'stle of every blistered tramp that hooted of nipa-palm villages in search of cargo, the Chalice of Everlasting Fire was the subject of discussion.
Archive 2010-04-18 Bill Crider 2010
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