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[Eng. tiptop; -er.] A person, animal, or thing of the highest quality, cla , or degree. "Several other tip - toppers being behind the pair."Field, Dec. 26, 1885. tip-u-ā-na, s. [From tipu , the native name of one species of the genus.] Bot.: A genus of Dalbergiee; akin to Macherium. It contains three large trees with unequally pinnate leaves, and terminal panicles of yellow or pale purple flowers. Tipuana heteroptera fur nishes a kind of timber, one of those known at Rio Janeiro as angelim. ( Treas . of Bot .)