NOUN | substance | raffia, raphia | leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree |
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plant | raffia | fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets | |
plant | Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia | feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes |
Meaning | leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.. | |
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Synonym | raphia | |
Broader | plant fiber, plant fibre | Fiber derived from plants |
Spanish | rafia | |
Catalan | ràfia |
Meaning | Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets. | |
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Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
Substance of | raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia | A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks |
Spanish | rafia | |
Catalan | ràfia |
Meaning | feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes. | |
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Synonyms | genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia | |
Member of | Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves |
Members | raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia | A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus raffia, genus raphia, raffia, rafia, raphia | |
Catalan | genus raffia, genus raphia, raffia, raphia, Raphia |
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