[Bot. L. f. Bengālī tālier, f. Skr. tālī, f. tāla fan-palm; cf. TALIPOT. (In Hindī tarra, tara.)] An East Indian palm, Corypha Taliera, allied to and resembling the talipot, but not nearly so high.
1814. Roxburgh, Hortus Bengal., Corypha Taliera, Skr. Talee.
1837. Penny Cycl., VIII. 74/1. The Tara or Talliera, Corypha talliera, is an elegant stately species inhabiting Bengal. Its trunk is about thirty feet high…. The leaves are used by the natives … to write upon with their steel stiles.
