Usually means: Fiber from certain palm trees.
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  1. raphia: Merriam-Webster
  2. raphia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. raphia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Raphia, raphia: Vocabulary.com
  5. Raphia, raphia: Wordnik
  6. raphia: Wiktionary
  7. raphia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. raphia: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Raphia, raphia: Dictionary.com
  10. Raphia (town), Raphia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. raphia: Rhymezone
  12. raphia: FreeDictionary.org
  13. raphia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. raphia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. raphia: Encyclopedia

(Note: See raphias as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Raphia)

noun:  (historical) Synonym of Rafah (spelling used when referring to the site in Antiquity: Ancient and Classical Eras) A town in Levant, frequently disputed between various ancient empires, Egypt (Pharonic, Ptolemaic, etc), Anatolia (Hittite, etc), Mesopotamia (Assyria, Seleucid, etc). The city is now located on the border between Gaza and Egypt, split between the two by an international border.
noun:  Alternative form of raffia [A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).]

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