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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 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 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 — Raf fi*a palm (r[a^]f f[i^]*[.a] p[aum]m ). (a) A pinnate leaved palm ({Raphia ruffia}) native of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks. (b) The jupati palm.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raffia — [raf′ē ə] n. [< Malagasy rofia] 1. a palm tree (Raphia ruffia) of Madagascar, with large, pinnate leaves 2. fiber from its leaves, used as string or woven into baskets, hats, etc … English World dictionary
raffia — noun 1》 a palm tree of tropical Africa and Madagascar, with a short trunk and extremely long leaves. [Raphia ruffia.] 2》 the fibre from raffia leaves, used for making hats, baskets, etc. Origin C18: from Malagasy … English new terms dictionary
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 — raf′fia palm n. pln a palm, Raphia ruffia, of Madagascar, having pinnate leaves that yield a strong, flexible fiber • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
raffia — n. (also raphia) 1 a palm tree, Raphia ruffia, native to Madagascar, having very long leaves. 2 the fibre from its leaves used for making hats, baskets, etc., and for tying plants etc. Etymology: Malagasy … Useful english dictionary
