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Raffia

A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.

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Fiber 76% connected

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One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

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Abanga noun · 78% connection

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

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Agave noun · 78% connection

tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament o…

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Arenga noun · 78% connection

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

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Arrack noun · 78% connection

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, m…

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Bast noun · 78% connection

The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.

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Blanch adjective · 78% connection

To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

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Bo tree unknown · 78% connection

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is…

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Breadfruit noun · 78% connection

The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for…

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Broom rape unknown · 78% connection

A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…

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Carnauba noun · 78% connection

The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

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Caudex noun · 78% connection

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

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Cirrhosis noun · 78% connection

A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…

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Cocoa palm unknown · 78% connection

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty…

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Date noun · 78% connection

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Doom palm unknown · 78% connection

A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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Drupe noun · 78% connection

A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is s…

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