raphia
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Among them was a man dressed in a full length raphia palm costume.
From Scientific American
The asparagus is tied in two places with raphia or soft string, and thus makes a neat and attractive package.
From Project Gutenberg
You find here enormous acacias, monkey-bread trees, raphia palms and baobabs; less gloom, and fewer creeping and hanging plants.
From Project Gutenberg
More curious is the raphia, with plume-like leaves, sometimes from forty to fifty feet in length, starting also from a short stem—almost from the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
Alex asked, her eyes on the strings of raphia and an unfinished basket that lay on the table.
From Project Gutenberg
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