noun
a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
• Syn: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia farinifera
• Hyponyms: ↑jupati, ↑jupaty, ↑jupati palm, ↑Raffia taedigera, ↑bamboo palm, ↑Raffia vinifera
• Member Holonyms: ↑Raffia, ↑genus Raffia, ↑Raphia, ↑genus Raphia
• Substance Meronyms: ↑raffia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.