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Definition of Bast fiber
1. Noun. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bast Fiber
Literary usage of Bast fiber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Bago—bast fiber yielded by the Gnetum gnemon, a tall shrub in the Philippines;
used for twine and cordage by the natives. ..."
2. Commercial Raw Materials: Their Origin, Preparation and Uses by Charles Robinson Toothaker, S. F. Aaron, Benno Humbert Alfred Groth, Philadelphia Museums (1905)
"It JUTE is the bast fiber of plants (Corchorus species) which grow in tall slender
stalks like ... The bast fiber is difficult to separate from the bark, ..."
3. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"It consists of bast-fiber bundles, bast parenchyma and sieve tubes, of which the
last, especially in dried bark, are almost never distinctly seen in ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1916)
"No phloem cells are in this section except bast-fiber and stone cells. The cells
on the near side of the bast-fiber groups have been converted into xylem by ..."
5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"The phloem is much reduced in size, and the bast fiber bundles are obsolete. ...
The bast fiber bundles, which are normally developed at the edge of spot, ..."
6. A Text-book of botany and pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"... C, portions of two bast fibers from krameria; D, sclerenchymatous fiber from
leaf of uva ursi; E, portion of modified bast fiber of euonymus; F, ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"It was the most important source of bast fiber used by the North American Indians.
(Fig. 397.) (c) HARD FIBERS. The most important hard fibers are ..."
8. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer by Mary Schenck Woolman, Ellen Beers Mcgowan (1920)
"Ramie is a bast fiber, obtained from the nettle Boehmeria tenacissima. ...
Jute is the bast fiber from different species of the Corchorus, grown principally ..."
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