RAFFIA PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raffia palm mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAFFIA PALM (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 leafstalks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Raffia farinifera; raffia palm; Raffia ruffia

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)