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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
raffia is a noun meaning "leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.". It carries 3 recorded senses.
leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.
fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets
feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for raffia come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.