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raffia palm — noun a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks • Syn: ↑Raffia farinifera, ↑Raffia ruffia • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑jupati … Useful english dictionary
genus Raphia — noun feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes • Syn: ↑Raffia, ↑genus Raffia, ↑Raphia • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms … Useful english dictionary
Raffia farinifera — noun a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks • Syn: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia ruffia • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑jupati, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Raffia ruffia — noun a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks • Syn: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia farinifera • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑jupati,… … Useful english dictionary
Raffia vinifera — noun a palm of the genus Raffia • Syn: ↑bamboo palm • Hypernyms: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia farinifera, ↑Raffia ruffia … Useful english dictionary
Raffia — Raf fi*a (r[a^]f f[i^]*[.a]), n. (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus {Raphia}. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Raffia palm — taxobox name = Raffia palm regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Arecales familia = Arecaceae subfamilia = Calamoideae tribus = Calameae genus = Raphia genus authority =… … Wikipedia
raffia palm — any of various palms of the genus Raphia, as R. farinifera of tropical Africa, having pinnate leaves that yield a strong, flexible fiber. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
raffia — noun A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia … Wiktionary
raffia — /ˈræfiə / (say rafeeuh) noun 1. a species of palm, Raphia farinifera, of Madagascar, bearing long, plume like, pinnate leaves, the leafstalks of which yield an important fibre. 2. the fibre, much used for tying plants, cut flowers, small parcels …
