raphia
Americannoun
noun
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Among them was a man dressed in a full length raphia palm costume.
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2012
With a ligament of raphia I fix him, by his hind-legs, to a twig which I plant vertically in the ground, inserting it to no great depth.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The mole is fixed fore and aft, with a lashing of raphia, to a light horizontal cross-bar resting on two forks.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
With this road-metal are mingled short strips of raphia, or palm-fibre, flexible ribbons, easily bent.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The hammock of raphia, almost equivalent to the natural network of couch-grass turf, scarcely disturbs the process of inhumation.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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