Vocabulary : Raffia palm to Raft

Raffia palm : A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks. ;; The jupati palm.
Raffing : of Raff
Raffinose : A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
Raffish : Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
Raffle : Refuse; rubbish; raff. ;; A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor. ;; A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. ;; To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch. ;; To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.

Raffled : of Raffle
Raffler : One who raffles.
Rafflesia : A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
Raffling : of Raffle
Raft : imp. & p. p. of Reave. ;; A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float. ;; A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. ;; A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. ;; To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber. ;; of Reave

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