Sentence examples for bast fibre from inspiring English sources

A bast fibre, flax is one of the oldest textile fibres.

Roselle, also called rosella, Jamaican sorrel, or java jute, (Hibiscus sabdariffa), plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group.

Bast fibre, soft, woody fibre obtained from stems of dicotyledonous plants (flowering plants with net-veined leaves) and used for textiles and cordage.

Kenaf, (species Hibiscus cannabinus), fast-growing plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) and its fibre, one of the bast fibre group.

At full flowering, the stem yield ranged from 3.7 Mg ha−1 to 22.7 Mg ha−1, the bast fibre content ranged from 21% to 43%, and the bast fibre yield ranged from 1.3 Mg ha−1 to 7.4 Mg ha−1.

The basic clothlike material, produced from the inner bark, or bast, of certain trees (see bast fibre), is made by stripping off the bast, soaking it, and beating it to make the fibres interlace and to reduce thickness.

Natural continuous bast fibres (hemp, flax, etc).

"Bast fibres don't need anything except sunshine and rain.

Commercially useful bast fibres include flax, hemp, jute, kenaf, ramie, roselle, sunn, and urena.

Additionally, stinging nettle has been used as a source of bast fibres for textiles and is sometimes used in cosmetics.

In harvesting bast fibres, the plant stalks are cut off close to the base or pulled up.