English noun: raffia palm | |||
1. | raffia palm (plant) a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks | ||
Synonyms | Raffia farinifera, Raffia ruffia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | palm, palm tree | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bamboo palm, jupati, jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera, Raffia vinifera | ||
Member meronym | genus Raffia, genus Raphia, Raffia, Raphia | ||
Substance holonym | raffia | ||