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   Raffia farinifera
         n 1: a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very
               long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially
               important fiber from its leafstalks [syn: {raffia palm},
               {Raffia farinifera}, {Raffia ruffia}]

English Dictionary: ropebark by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refabrication
n
  1. assembling again
    Synonym(s): reassembly, refabrication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ribavirin
n
  1. an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections
    Synonym(s): ribavirin, Virazole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rope bridge
n
  1. a bridge consisting of ropes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rope burn
n
  1. abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ropebark
n
  1. deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): leatherwood, moosewood, moose-wood, wicopy, ropebark, Dirca palustris
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revibrate \Re*vi"brate\, v. i.
      To vibrate back or in return. -- {Re`vi*bra"tion}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revibrate \Re*vi"brate\, v. i.
      To vibrate back or in return. -- {Re`vi*bra"tion}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reviver \Re*viv"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, revives.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revivor \Re*viv"or\, n. (Eng. Law)
      Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of
      any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor.
      --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel.
      ma[?]ra.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much
      used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is
      cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}.
  
      Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes,
               etc., which receive their names from their colors; as.
               madder yellow.
  
      {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia
            arvensis}) resembling madder.
  
      {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in
            the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}.
  
      {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium
            Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rubiform \Ru"bi*form\, a. [L. ruber red + -form.]
      Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of
      the sun. [R.] --Sir I. newton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
  
                     The natural ruby of your cheeks.         --Shak.
  
      3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence,
            a red blain or carbuncle.
  
      4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.]
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of
            the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored
            throat or breast.
  
      {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy
            substance of a red color and a variable composition, but
            always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; --
            called also {ruby sulphur}.
  
      {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende
            or sphalerite.
  
      {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}.
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