RAFFIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raffia mean? 

• RAFFIA (noun)
  The noun RAFFIA has 3 senses:

1. leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.

2. fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets

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

  Familiarity information: RAFFIA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAFFIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

raffia; raphia

Hypernyms ("raffia" is a kind of...):

plant fiber; plant fibre (fiber derived from plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("raffia" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Holonyms ("raffia" is a substance of...):

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)

Sense 3

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 ("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 "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 ("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)