bast fiber
- noun
- Specialized
:
fibra de bast
- Rope made from bast fiber is known for its durability and strength.
Examples
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Red lead pigment, bast fiber, cloth; diameter 45.3 cm (38.2 ").
Academic text (2003) -
It would be a shame to use hemp as a source of commodity biomass, and in the absence of government subsidies, the energy industry would not be able to afford market prices for hemp because other industries would be willing to pay higher prices for hemp seed and bast fiber.
Blog text (3) -
The textile industry frequently uses bast fiber from plants like flax and hemp to create eco-friendly fabrics.
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She demonstrated how to weave mats using bast fiber harvested from the outer layer of certain plants.
Synonyms
Strong plant fibers from the inner bark that people use to make rope and mats
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'bast' (cellulosic material from plant phloem) modifies 'fiber' (a filament used for textiles), so 'bast fiber' straightforwardly denotes fiber that comes from bast. This noun–noun type formation is a common, cross-linguistic way to indicate source/type, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
Bast fiber comes from the inner bark of certain plants — that bark is called bast, and it contains long, strong threads called fiber. People stripped these threads to make 'rope' and 'textiles', so the name now means the strong plant fiber used for those things.