Meanings
nountappa (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of tapa (“cloth made from mulberry bark”).
These marks produce the corduroy sort of stripes discernable in the tappa in its finished state.
1846, Herman Melville, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life - uncountabletappa, a semi-classical genre of Indian vocal music
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
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Broader
nouna paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
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APA
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