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RAFFIA PALM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
Synonyms:
Raffia farinifera; raffia palm; Raffia ruffia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("raffia palm" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "raffia palm"):
raffia (fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raffia palm"):
jupati; jupati palm; jupaty; Raffia taedigera (a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes)
bamboo palm; Raffia vinifera (a palm of the genus Raffia)
Holonyms ("raffia palm" is a member of...):
genus Raffia; genus Raphia; Raffia; Raphia (feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes)
