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Meaning: Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes Classified under: Nouns denoting plants Synonyms: genus Raffia; genus Raphia; Raphia; Raffia Hypernyms ("genus Raffia" is a kind of...): liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed) Meronyms (members of "genus Raffia"): 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) Holonyms ("genus Raffia" is a member of...): 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) "After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile." (English proverb) "Half-truth is more dangerous than falsehood." (Bengali proverb) "If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass." (Arabic proverb) "Words have no bones, but can break bones." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Meaning of monocot genus Definition of Arecaceae Definition of family Arecaceae Definition of family Palmaceae Definition of family Palmae
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