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
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
It is an interlacing of raphia and bits of wool, picked up at random, without distinction of shade.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
They have reached the bone, when one of them finds the raphia beneath his mandibles.
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 Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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