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the palm from which pardon-wine is made (probably a raffia palm, perhaps Raphia vinifera).
More fully rofia palm, †rofia tree. A palm of the genus Raphia, a raffia palm. Cf. raffia, n. 1 and Raphia, n.
a palm of the genus Raphia; esp. Raphia vinifera.
A Brazilian palm, Raphia tædigera, bearing large leaves whose long stalks are used locally as a building material.