Raphia

Definitions of Raphia
  1. noun
    feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
    synonyms: Raffia, genus Raffia, genus Raphia
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    type of:
    liliopsid genus, monocot genus
    genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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