nipa

noun4

1. •
   A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
2. •
   The leaves of the nipa palm, when used as a material for thatching, basketry or other uses.

   • It was a fine afternoon for a siesta because it rained in torrents for the rest of the day and the patter of rain on nipa thatch is a soothing sound. — 1914
3. •
   A liquor made from the sap of nipa palms.
4. •
   Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass.

   • The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater. — 2012

noun[plural only]1

1. •
   Initialism of National Income and Product Accounts.