Definitions for raffia palm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

raf′fia palm`(n.)

  1. a palm, Raphia ruffia, of Madagascar, having pinnate leaves that yield a strong, flexible fiber.

    Category: Plants

Origin of raffia palm:

1895–1900

Princeton's WordNet

  1. raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, 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


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