jupati


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jupati

(ˈdʒuːpətɪ; ˌdʒuːpəˈtiː)
n
(Botany) a tall Brazilian palm tree with large leaves and seeds that are used in jewellery
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Noun1.jupati - a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera
Raffia farinifera, raffia palm, Raffia ruffia - a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
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Zamian, "Ethanolysis optimisation of jupati (Raphia taedigera Mart.) oil to biodiesel using response surface methodology," Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, vol.
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The traps were made with thin strips of the 'juba' (Astrocaryum spp and Atrix spp.) or 'jupati' (Raphia vinifer) palms, tied with a strip of vine and forming a cylindrical trap closed at one end in the form of a funnel.
Spatial distribution of the amazon river prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) in two perennial creeks of an estuary on the northern coast of Brazil (Guajara Bay, Belem, Para)

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