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Noun: nipa  nee-pu
  1. An alcoholic beverage made from the sap of the Australasian nipa palm
    "Nipa is a traditional alcoholic drink in some parts of Southeast Asia"
Noun: Nipa
  1. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
    - genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa

Derived forms: nipas

Type of: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, booze [informal], inebriant, intoxicant, juice [N. Amer, informal], liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, Nipa fruticans, nipa palm, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae

Encyclopedia: Nipa