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Affair (anag)
Answer for the clue "Affair (anag) ", 6 letters:
raffia
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Word definitions for raffia in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Raffia \Raf"fi*a\ (r[a^]f"f[i^]*[.a]), n. (Bot.) A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia . --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus (taxlink Raphia genus noshow=1).
Usage examples of raffia.
Instead, he and his companions camped on the deck, sleeping on raffia mats under a canvas awning that slanted steeply from the rail of the quarterdeck to a cleat by the cargo well.
They sat on rolled raffia mats under the awning, their faces lit by a single candle which flickered in a resin holder.
For weeks I have been feeding my furnace a mixture of coke, slack, wood-shavings, cannel coal and odds and ends of rope and raffia from the floor of my coal bin, and now it is all gone.
And then the ruins of the ancient mortuaries, more extensive than the town, and fields of yams and raffia and yellow peas, and flooded paddies where rice and paeonin were grown.
Spreading her raffia mat by the bed, presently filled with pansies, Alathea knelt, tugged on her cotton gloves, and set to.