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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈniːpə/Part of speech nounSorted ainpStarts with NEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm

Word origin

Borrowed from Malay nipah.

Used in a sentence

  • It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound.
  • The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.
  • Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.

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