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Entry

1  raofia

Part of speech

2  noun

Explanations in English

3 a palm. Same as maivanaty, fomby, and rofia [Provincial] [1.2]

Explanations in French

4 mauvaise prononciation de rofia [1.3] 5 (rao veut dire rugueux et ne s'applique pas au rafia qui est lisse. 6 Raphia ruffia (Jacq.) Mart. (Arecaceae). [Sakalava] [1.196]

Examples

7  Ary ao avaratry Manjakamiadana no voavoatra hihaonana, ka nasieny raofia sy Voasary mamoa nentiny mbam-potony, ary voninkazo naravaka, ka nataony efajoro, ka nasiana tabolio ao anatiny, ka natao manodidina. [2.59#]

Vocabulary

8  Botany: palm

Other spellings

9 rofia

Scientific name

10 Raphia ruffia

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Anagrams

11 afirao, 12 araofy, raofia

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Updated on 2025/11/17