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noun
Any palm tree of genus Raphia, principally of Africa, used for fiber and to produce raffia wine, palm wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia
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Broader terms: palm, palm tree
Narrower terms: jupati, jupaty, jupati palm, Raffia taedigera, bamboo palm, Raffia vinifera
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