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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks;
[syn: raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raffia palm \Raf"fi*a palm\ (r[a^]f"f[i^]*[.a] p[aum]m`). (a) A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks. (b) The jupati palm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

raffia palm n 1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: raffia palm, Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia]