1. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus; [syn: tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark]
2. a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark; [syn: tapa, tappa]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tappa
n 1: the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus
albidus [syn: tapa, tapa bark, tappa, tappa bark]
2: a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa
bark [syn: tapa, tappa]