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    RAFFIA PALM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalksplay

    Synonyms:

    Raffia farinifera; raffia palm; Raffia ruffia

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    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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