fiber plant
fiber plant · fiber plants
A plant species cultivated because its fibers have artisanal and/or industrial uses, e.gA plant species cultivated because its fibers have artisanal and/or industrial uses, e.g. as raw material for fabrics.
Meaning
1 sensesA plant species cultivated because its fibers have artisanal and/or industrial uses, e.g. as raw material for fabrics.
Before the advent of synthetics, textile manufacturing depended almost exclusively on wool, silk and fiber plants such as cotton and flax.
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