RAFFIA TAEDIGERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raffia taedigera mean? 

• RAFFIA TAEDIGERA (noun)
  The noun RAFFIA TAEDIGERA has 1 sense:

1. a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes

  Familiarity information: RAFFIA TAEDIGERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAFFIA TAEDIGERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jupati; jupati palm; jupaty; Raffia taedigera

Hypernyms ("Raffia taedigera" is a kind of...):

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)