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nipa (iou)



nipa noun. L16.
[Malay nipah.]
A toddy made from the sap of the nipa-palm. L16-E17.
A palm tree, Nypa fruticans, of mangrove swamps in tropical Asia and Australia, having a creeping rhizome and large feathery leaves (also nipa-palm); foliage of this, used as thatch. L18.