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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. [syn: raffia, raphia]
2: feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes [syn: Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, genus of palms, from Malagasy rafia raffia Date: circa 1866 raffia

Oxford Reference Dictionary

var. of RAFFIA.