Raffia vs genus Raffia

Raffia and genus Raffia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Raffia	Yes	No	No	No
genus Raffia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Raffia and genus Raffia are synonyms defined as:

Raffia and genus Raffia: feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes

Other synonyms of Raffia include genus Raphia, Raphia.

Raffia (noun)	genus Raffia (noun)
feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes	feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes