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raf·fi·a
(răf′ē-ə)n.
1. A palm tree (Raphia farinifera) of East Africa and Madagascar, having large leaves that yield a useful fiber.
2. The leaf fibers of this plant, used for mats, baskets, and other products.
[Malagasy rafia.]
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raffia
(ˈræfɪə) orraphia
n
1. (Plants) Also called: raffia palm a palm tree, Raphia ruffia, native to Madagascar, that has large plumelike leaves, the stalks of which yield a useful fibre
2. (Plants) the fibre obtained from this plant, used for tying, weaving, etc
3. (Plants) any of several related palms or the fibre obtained from them
[C19: from Malagasy]
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raf•fi•a
(ˈræf i ə)n.
a fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm, used for tying plants and other objects and for making mats, baskets, hats, etc.
[1880–85; earlier rofia raffia palm, said to be < Malagasy]
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| Noun | 1. |  raffia - leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants |
| 2. | raffia - fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets Raffia farinifera, raffia palm, Raffia ruffia - a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks | |
| 3. | Raffia - feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales Raffia farinifera, raffia palm, Raffia ruffia - 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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Translations
rafie
raffiabast
rafia
raffíubast
rafija
rafia
rafya
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raffia
n (= plant) → Raphia(palme) f; (= fibre) → Raphiabast m; (for handicraft, garden) → Bast m; raffia work → Bastarbeit f; raffia table mat → Bastuntersetzer m
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raffia
(ˈrӕfiə) noun (strips of) fibre from the leaves of a type of palm tree, used for making mats, baskets etc.
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