| 单词 | raffia palm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraffia palm 1. In full raffia palm. A palm of the large-leaved tropical genus Raphia, esp. one of those whose young leaves yield the fibre known as raffia (see sense 2); spec. R. farinifera of East and Central Africa, which is cultivated in Madagascar for this purpose. Usually attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials satchel-palm1658 rattan1681 palmetto thatch1756 thatch-tree1756 rotan1771 cabbage palm tree1773 cabbage tree1796 tucum1810 gomuti1811 hat palm1812 gebang1817 tucuma1824 nikau1827 piassava1841 cabbage palm1847 bussu1850 jupati1856 timite1858 Raphia1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 toquilla1877 raffia palm1897 1835 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 5 233 The rafia-tree (Sagus rafia) is found in great abundance. 1867 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 37 112 The Sakalavas make most of their lambas from the leaves of the rufia palm. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 600 A slip of rafia palm drawn..across a notch in another piece of rafia wood. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 26 Sept. 8/1 Mr. William H. Hunt..announced the discovery, in the leaves of the rafia palm, of a product which..may be classed between wax and gum. 1914 F. M. Hexamer Asparagus xi. 92 Nothing is better suited to this purpose than raffia fiber. This is obtained from the raffia or rofia palm. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart viii. 57 Obierika was sitting outside under the shade of an orange tree making thatches from leaves of the raffia-palm. 1986 T. O. Echewa Crippled Dancer i. i. 13 The sun was beginning to lift over the tops of the raffia palm trees. < as lemmas |
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