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Significados de nipa palm em inglês

Any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds.

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        Uso de nipa palm em inglês
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        The native dwellings are constructed of bamboo, thatched with the leaves of the nipa palm.
        Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
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        Their drink is a wine made from the tops of cocoa and nipa palm, of which there is a great abundance.
        History of the Philippine Islands
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        The long leaves are taken from the nipa palm, which grows abundantly in the island, and serves a great many useful purposes.
        Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
        4
        After winding beneath the shade of ficuses, tahuaris, nipa palms, and cecropias, it enters the Amazon by five mouths.
        Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon