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bast fiber
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- Any of various durable fibers found in the phloem of certain eudicot plants, especially flax, hemp, and jute, used in making rope and baskets.
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In a living tree, the bast fibers serve to conduct the nourishment which has been made in the leaves down thru the stem to the growing parts.
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The original bundles of bast fiber actually were probably little longer than in this fragment.
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The cells occurring in the cleft of the berry are straight, narrow, and long, becoming as long as 1 mm, and resemble bast fibers somewhat.
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From what part of the plant are bast fibers obtained?
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Ramie Besides the linen, there is a great number of bast fibers fit for textile purposes, some superior, some inferior.
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