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"2": "coc",
"3": "ɲipa"
},
"expansion": "Cocopa ɲipa",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Cocopa ɲipa.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "nipa (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ni‧pa"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "nipa hut"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012, S.L. Pearlsteina, R.S. Felgera, E.P. Glenna, J. Harringtond, K.A. Al-Ghaneme, S.G. Nelson, “Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation”, in Journal of Arid Environments, →DOI, page 60:",
"text": "The perennial saltgrass nipa (Distichlis palmeri, Poaceae) is endemic to northern Gulf of California tidal marshes flooded with hypersaline seawater.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 April 17, Eric Toensmeier, “Perennial Cereal Grains: A Promise Requiring Patience and Prioritization”, in Perennial Solutions:",
"text": "Once a staple of the Cocopa people, wild populations of nipa have been greatly reduced due to dams and other watershed disruptions.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Distichlis palmeri, a saltgrass native to the Sonoran Desert of Mexico and the United States, Palmer's grass."
],
"links": [
[
"saltgrass",
"saltgrass"
],
[
"Sonoran Desert",
"Sonoran Desert"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "nipa grass"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːpɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈniːpə/"
}
],
"word": "nipa"
}
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