TAPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tapa mean? 

• TAPA (noun)
  The noun TAPA has 2 senses:

1. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus

2. a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark

  Familiarity information: TAPA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

tapa; tapa bark; tappa; tappa bark

Hypernyms ("tapa" is a kind of...):

bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tapa; tappa

Hypernyms ("tapa" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)