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RAFFIA PALM-GROVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Botany
OBS

Raffia palm: a pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native to Madagascar that is of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber obtained from its leafstalk.

OBS

Grove: a smaller group of trees than a forest often without underwood and planted or growing naturally as if arranged by art: a wood of small extent.

OBS

Palmeraie: palm-grove. [Harrap's].

Key term(s)
  • raffia palm grove

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Botanique
DEF

Végétation composée de palmiers raphia.

Spanish

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