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Raffia   Listen
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Raffia  n.  (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.






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"Raffia" Quotes from Famous Books



... obtained, commercially prepared ones may be substituted. Raffia, uncolored or colored with vegetable dyes, rattan reeds, and splints may be obtained wherever kindergarten supplies are kept, as well as in large seed stores and in most of the department stores in large cities. Of the many books that are appearing upon the subject probably ...
— The Tree-Dwellers • Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

... the serious business is, that in this country no child, how poor soever it may be, shall have the slightest let or hindrance in the equal chance with every other child to learn to read, and write, and cipher, and do raffia-work. ...
— Back Home • Eugene Wood



Words linked to "Raffia" :   fibre, family Palmae, monocot genus, Palmae, raffia palm, fiber, plant fibre, liliopsid genus, family Palmaceae, plant fiber, genus Raphia, Palmaceae, family Arecaceae, genus Raffia, Raffia farinifera, raphia, Raffia vinifera, Arecaceae



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