Sinonim raffia

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1. feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	raffia farinifera, raffia palm, raffia ruffia,
definition	:	a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

2. fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fiber, fibre,
definition	:	a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	raffia farinifera, raffia palm, raffia ruffia,
definition	:	a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks (noun.plant)

3. leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	plant fiber, plant fibre,
definition	:	fiber derived from plants (noun.substance)