JUPATY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes

Synonyms:

jupati; jupati palm; jupaty; Raffia taedigera

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jupaty" is a kind of...):

Raffia farinifera; raffia palm; Raffia ruffia (a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks)

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