nipa
/nee-puh/US // ˈni pə //UK // (ˈniːpə, ˈnaɪ-) //
尼帕,尼泊尔,尼帕岛
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
Examples
The species does not grow in nipa swamps, though immediately back of them it will be found well established.
Her hat was of woven nipa palm-leaves, intricately fashioned together.
Koyala led him directly to the clearing and reclined with a sigh of utter weariness in the shade of a stunted nipa palm.
It was nipa within as well as without, the floor and ceiling being of braided bamboo and the walls of the nipa-palm.
On every side buildings crashed down, sending showers of sparks over the inflammable thatched roof of the nipa house.
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