noun
1. small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
• Syn: ↑miniature fan palm, ↑fern rhapis, ↑Rhapis excelsa
• Hypernyms: ↑lady palm
2. a palm of the genus Raffia
• Syn: ↑Raffia vinifera
• Hypernyms: ↑raffia palm, ↑Raffia farinifera, ↑Raffia ruffia
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noun1. : bamboo I
2. : any of several palms of the genus Raphia (especially R. vinifera)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.