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Raffia farinifera

DEFINITIONS OF: Raffia farinifera

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

Synonyms:
Raffia ruffia, raffia palm
Types:
Raffia taedigera, jupati, jupati palm, jupaty
a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
Raffia vinifera, bamboo palm
a palm of the genus Raffia
Type of:
palm, palm tree
any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
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