Raffia vinifera

Definitions of Raffia vinifera
  1. noun
    a palm of the genus Raffia
    synonyms: bamboo palm
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    type of:
    Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia, raffia palm
    a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
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