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PLANT FIBER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fiber derived from plants

Synonyms:

plant fiber; plant fibre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("plant fiber" is a kind of...):

natural fiber; natural fibre (fiber derived from plants or animals)

plant product (a product made from plant material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant fiber"):

buntal (fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats)

flax (fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric)

cotton; cotton fiber; cotton wool (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)

hemp (a plant fiber)

jute (a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks)

kapok; silk cotton; vegetable silk (a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation)

red silk cotton (a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok)

straw (plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder)

raffia; raphia (leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.)

sisal; sisal hemp (a plant fiber used for making rope)

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