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Tappa

noun
1.
The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.  Synonyms: tapa, tapa bark, tappa bark.
2.
A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.  Synonym: tapa.






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"Tappa" Quotes from Famous Books



... reap the harvest of their art! But feast to-night! to-morrow we depart. Strike up the dance! the Cava bowl[374] fill high! Drain every drop!—to-morrow we may die. In summer garments be our limbs arrayed; Around our waists the Tappa's white displayed; Thick wreaths shall form our coronal,[375] like Spring's, And round our necks shall glance the Hooni strings; 50 So shall their brighter hues contrast the glow Of the dusk ...
— The Works of Lord Byron - Poetry, Volume V. • Lord Byron

... except as the semi-tropical foliage offered novelties of leaf and flower, the beauties of unfamiliar shapes and colors, it did not seem particularly interesting. Ralph Addington was the guide of these expeditions. From this tree, he pointed out, the South Sea Islander manufactured the tappa cloth, from that the poeepooee, from yonder the arva. Honey Smith used to say that the only depressing thing about these trips was the utter silence of the gorgeous birds which they saw on every side. On the ...
— Angel Island • Inez Haynes Gillmore



Words linked to "Tappa" :   material, cloth, textile, bark, fabric



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