nipa

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpə/, /ˈnʌɪpə/

From Malay nipah. Compare Portuguese nipa, Italian nipa (“liquor made from nipa palms”).

nipa (Nypa fruticans) palms growing along a river in Vietnam

nipa (countable and uncountable, plural nipas)

1. A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
2. A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
3. The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.

• “nipa, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003.
• Nypa fruticans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

From Cocopa ɲipa

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːpɑ/, /ˈniːpə/

nipa (uncountable)

1. Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.

   Synonym: nipa grass

   • 2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.02.009, page 60:

     The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.

   • 2013 April 17, Eric Toensmeier, “Perennial Cereal Grains: A Promise Requiring Patience and Prioritization”, in Perennial Solutions‎:

     Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.

• Nipa grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Distichlis palmeri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• PAIN, PANI, Pain, pain, pian, pina, piña

nipa

1. nipa palm

• Hyphenation: ni‧pa

nipa

1. a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans
2. the leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nipa.

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