Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun raffia

3 senses of raffia

Sense 1
raffia, raphia -- (leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.)
       => plant fiber, plant fibre -- (fiber derived from plants)

Sense 2
raffia -- (fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets)
       => fiber, fibre -- (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Sense 3
Raffia, genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia -- (feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes)
       => monocot genus, liliopsid genus -- (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)