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Bamboo palm   /bæmbˈu pɑm/   Listen
Bamboo palm

noun
1.
Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers.  Synonyms: fern rhapis, miniature fan palm, Rhapis excelsa.
2.
A palm of the genus Raffia.  Synonym: Raffia vinifera.





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"Bamboo palm" Quotes from Famous Books



... palm. The leaf-stalks of this plant are used by the natives of the Amazon for a variety of purposes, such as constructing inside walls, making boxes and baskets, etc. R. vinifera, the Bamboo palm, is similarly used by the Africans, who also make a very pliable cloth of the undeveloped leaves. Palm wine is one of the ...
— Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture • William Saunders


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