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raffianounA fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).
genus raffianounfeather palm of tropical africa and madagascar and central and south america widely grown for commercial purposes
genus raphianounfeather palm of tropical africa and madagascar and central and south america widely grown for commercial purposes

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raffianounA fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).
genus raffianounfeather palm of tropical africa and madagascar and central and south america widely grown for commercial purposes
genus raphianounfeather palm of tropical africa and madagascar and central and south america widely grown for commercial purposes
rafahnounA city, the capital of Rafah governorate, Southern Gaza, Gaza Strip, Palestine; lying next to the eponymous city in Egypt.
rakkahnounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
rhacotisnounA city in Egypt near Alexandria.
rakkanounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
ar-raqqahnounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
raqqanounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
al-raqqahnounA city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.
rayaknounAlternative form of Riyaq, Lebanon. [A town in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon.]
raffienounAlternative form of raff (“three-cornered sail”). [A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.]
ar-raqqanounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
raphisnounAlternative form of raphide. [(botany) A crystal of calcium oxalate, shaped like a needle, which forms as a metabolic byproduct in some plant cells.]
al-raqqanounAlternative form of Al-Raqqah. [A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.]
riff-raffnounAlternative form of riffraff. [(somewhat derogatory) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.]
rasselgatnounAlternative form of Rosalgat. [(obsolete) The easternmost point of the coast of Arabia.]
rhaphenoun(botany) Alternative form of raphe. [(anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.]
riffiannounA member of a Berber ethnic group who inhabit the Rif in northern Morocco.
raffenounAlternative form of raff (“three-cornered sail”). [A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.]

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