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
Two or three bits of wool or raphia placed in position represent a whole night's work.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The candelabra, sumauméra, the manicaria, and raphia, with their enormous leaves, and other palms innumerable, tower towards the sky.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
It is an interlacing of raphia and bits of wool, picked up at random, without distinction of shade.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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