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Definition of Raffia palm
1. Noun. A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks.
Generic synonyms: Palm, Palm Tree
Group relationships: Genus Raffia, Genus Raphia, Raffia, Raphia
Terms within: Raffia
Specialized synonyms: Jupati, Jupati Palm, Jupaty, Raffia Taedigera, Bamboo Palm, Raffia Vinifera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raffia Palm
Literary usage of Raffia palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"... but the only decoration which distinguishes him is a thin circlet of fibre,
made from the raffia palm ; this is left unpainted and quite plain, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Raffia is a flat, ribbon-like fiber, consisting of strips of the epidermis peeled
from the leaves of the raffia palm, Raphia Ruffia, Mart., ..."
3. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The raffia palm bears pinnate leaves 25 to 50 feet long. The commercial fiber
comes from both surfaces of the leaves. The epidermis and the underlying hard ..."
4. Raffia Basketry as an Art by Gertrude Porter Ashley, Mildred Porter Ashley (1922)
"RAFFIA RAFFIA is the product of the raffia palm, which grows in the Island of
Madagascar. The outer husks are stripped from the long leaves, ..."
5. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"... homes are scantily furnished: a bed made of various parts of the raffia palm,
a couple of low stools, a large wooden mortar and pestle, some baskets, ..."
6. In the Shade of an Acacia Tree: Memoirs of a Health Officer in Africa, 1945-1959 by Frank L. Lambrecht (1991)
"... homes are scantily furnished: a bed made of various parts of the raffia palm,
a couple of low stools, a large wooden mortar and pestle, some baskets, ..."
7. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1904)
"The indigenous vegetation includes the mangrove of the low-lying coastlands and
estuaries, the raffia palm and pandanus, also on the lowlands, ..."
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