| Noun | 1. | Nipa fruticans - any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seedsnipa - made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm palm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves | |