raffia farinifera
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1. a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | palm, palm tree, |
| definition | : | any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | jupati, jupati palm, jupaty, raffia taedigera, |
| definition | : | a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus raffia, genus raphia, raffia, raphia, |
| definition | : | feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | raffia, |
| definition | : | fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets (noun.plant) |
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