Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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. - The jupati palm.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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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Examples
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On the northbound winds small lateen-sailed boats called dhows traveled up the coast with sturdy mangrove wood, aromatic tree resins, gold, ivory, clove, and the fine, multipurpose fibers of the raffia palm.
Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010
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Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm.
Such a River Should Not Be Crossed Bruce Schauble 2007
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Their report was only off by a hair; the Kongo people made remarkable textiles by beating the fibrous bark of certain trees, or weaving thread from the raffia palm.
Archive 2007-03-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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