| Noun | 1. | Raffia farinifera - a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalkspalm tree, palm - any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves raffia - fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets jupati, jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera - a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | |