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buntal
fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats
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flax
fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
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cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
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hemp
a plant fiber
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jute
a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
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kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk
a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
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red silk cotton
a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok
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straw
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
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raffia, raphia
leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.
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sisal, sisal hemp
a plant fiber used for making rope
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deccan hemp, kenaf
fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus
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absorbent cotton
cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax
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bowstring hemp
hemp obtained from the sansevieria
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long-staple cotton
cotton with relatively long fibers
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short-staple cotton
cotton with relatively short fibers
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Manila hemp, Manilla hemp, abaca
a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
