raphia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.
noun feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

"And their army shall come and overthrow all; wherefore the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall also form a great army, and fight him," (Ptolemy Philopator against Antiochus the Great at Raphia), "and conquer; and his troops shall become insolent, and his heart shall be lifted up," (this Ptolemy desecrated the temple; Josephus): "he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be strengthened by it. — Pascal's Pensées, Blaise Pascal

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