corypha umbraculifera

Questions about corypha umbraculifera

What does corypha umbraculifera mean?

corypha umbraculifera means "tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper".

What is another word for corypha umbraculifera?

Close synonyms include talipot, talipot palm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corypha umbraculifera a common word?

corypha umbraculifera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.