(n) feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes, Syn. genus Raffia, Raphia, genus Raphia
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‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; to write. ] The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. [ 1913 Webster ]