GENUS RAFFIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Raffia mean? 

• GENUS RAFFIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS RAFFIA has 1 sense:

1. feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

  Familiarity information: GENUS RAFFIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RAFFIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Raffia; genus Raphia; Raffia; Raphia

Hypernyms ("genus Raffia" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Raffia"):

Raffia farinifera; raffia palm; Raffia ruffia (a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks)

Holonyms ("genus Raffia" is a member of...):

Arecaceae; family Arecaceae; family Palmaceae; family Palmae; palm family; Palmaceae; Palmae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales)