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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
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 taedigera — noun a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes • Syn: ↑jupati, ↑jupaty, ↑jupati palm • Hypernyms: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia farinifera,… … Useful english dictionary
raffia palm — didžialapė rafija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, pluoštinis augalas (Raphia farinifera), paplitęs Afrikoje. Iš jo gaunamas vaškas. atitikmenys: lot. Raphia farinifera angl. raffia palm vok. Bastpalme;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Raffia — Als Raffia oder auch Raphia bezeichnet man Textilien aus dem Bast der Raffia oder Bastpalme (Raphia farinifera). Die Fasern zeichnen sich durch große Dehnbarkeit und Festigkeit aus. Produkte, welche aus Raffia hergestellt werden, sind unter… … Deutsch Wikipedia
raffia palm — noun Date: 1872 a large pinnate leaved palm (Raphia farinifera syn. R. ruffia) of Madagascar and tropical Africa valued for the fiber obtained from its petiole … New Collegiate Dictionary
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 — /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 …
genus Raffia — noun feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes • Syn: ↑Raffia, ↑Raphia, ↑genus Raphia • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms … Useful english dictionary
