raffia
noun
Etymology: Malagasy rafia
Date: 1882
the fiber of the raffia palm used especially as cord for tying and weaving
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- raffia — ˈræfɪə сущ. 1) рафия (род пальм) 2) волокно пальмы рафиярафия (волокно пальмы) - furniture плетеная мебельraffia рафия… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- raffia — noun рафи… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- Raffia — Raf"fi a (r[a^]f"f[i^] [.a]), n. (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus {Raphia}. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [1913 Webster]… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
- Raffia palm — Raf"fi a palm (r[a^]f"f[i^] [.a] p[aum]m`). (a) A piate-leaved palm ({Raphia ruffia}) ative of Madagascar, ad of cosiderable ecoomic importace o accout of the strog fiber (raffia) obtaied from its leafstalks. (b) The…
- raffia — 1> рафия (волокно пальмы) _Ex: raffia furniture плетеная мебель… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
- Raffia palm — taxobox ame Raffia palm regum Platae uraked_divisio Agiosperms uraked_classis Moocots uraked_ordo Commeliids ordo Arecales familia Arecaceae subfamilia Calamoideae tribus Calameae geus "Raphia" geus_authority P.Beauv.… (Wikipedia)
- Raffia — Als Raffia oder auch Raphia bezeichet ma Textilie aus dem Bast der Raffia oder Bastpalme ( Raphia fariifera). Die Faser zeiche sich durch große Dehbarkeit ud Festigkeit aus. Produkte, welche aus Raffia hergestellt werde, sid uter… (Deutsch Wikipedia)
- Raphia ruffia — Raffia palm Raf"fi a palm (r[a^]f"f[i^] [.a] p[aum]m`). (a) A piate-leaved palm ({Raphia ruffia}) ative of Madagascar, ad of cosiderable ecoomic importace o accout of the strog fiber (raffia) obtaied from its leafstalks. (b) The… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)