Nipa (Noun)
Meaning 1
Made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Nipa is a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae found in Australasia and is native to Australia and nearby islands.
- Nipa plants grow in freshwater habitats including estuaries mangrove swamps and riverside mud.
- A distinctive characteristic of Nipa plants is the modified underground stems known as rhizomes which support extensive systems of silt-trapping pneumatophores or roots that give air to the mud-submerged root systems.
- Leaves on a mature Nipa palm may be as much as three to five feet in length.
- Many native tribes rely on the palm wine sap which comes from Nipa.