OLLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does olla mean? 

• OLLA (noun)
  The noun OLLA has 1 sense:

1. leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper

  Familiarity information: OLLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ola; olla

Hypernyms ("olla" is a kind of...):

writing paper (paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts)

Holonyms ("olla" is a part of...):

Corypha umbraculifera; talipot; talipot palm (tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper)

 Context examples 

Nought, my sire, save that I have heard men say that there is a dish named an olla which is prepared there, though I have never been clear in my mind as to whether it was but a ragout such as is to be found in the south, or whether there is some seasoning such as fennel or garlic which is peculiar to Spain.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)