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TAPPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tappa mean? 

TAPPA (noun)
  The noun TAPPA has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: TAPPA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAPPA (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 ("tappa" 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 ("tappa" is a kind of...):

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


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