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 • Feb. 1, 2012
The endogen in general use is the elai's, which is considered to supply a better and more delicate liquor than the raphia.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
This is a coarse network of strips of raphia, a fairly accurate imitation of the network of couch-grass roots.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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 The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The asparagus is tied in two places with raphia or soft string, and thus makes a neat and attractive package.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
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