1. feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes; [syn: Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Raffia
n 1: feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central
and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
[syn: Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia]