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Fiber crops are
field crops grown for
their fibers,
which are
traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope.
Fiber crops are
characterized by having...
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Dietary fiber (fibre in
Commonwealth English) or
roughage is the
portion of
plant-derived food that
cannot be
completely broken down by
human digestive...
- yellow. If the
plants are
still green, the seed will not be useful, and the
fiber will be underdeveloped. The
fiber degrades once the
plants turn brown....
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chemical synthesis, as
opposed to
natural fibers that are
directly derived from
living organisms, such as
plants like
cotton or fur from animals. They are...
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Natural fibers or
natural fibres (see
spelling differences) are
fibers that are
produced by
geological processes, or from the
bodies of
plants or animals...
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flowering plants in the
genus Corchorus, of the
mallow family Malvaceae. The
primary source of the
fiber is
Corchorus olitorius, but such
fiber is considered...
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their synthetic counterparts.
Natural fibers develop or
occur in the
fiber shape, and
include those produced by
plants, animals, and
geological processes...
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Cellulose fibers (/ˈsɛljʊloʊs, -loʊz/) are
fibers made with
ethers or
esters of cellulose,
which can be
obtained from the bark, wood or
leaves of
plants, or...
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plant in situ.
After harvesting,
stems are
decorticated while the
plants are fresh. If this is not done
while the
plants are
still fresh, the
plants dry...
- qutn) is a soft,
fluffy staple fiber that
grows in a boll, or
protective case,
around the
seeds of the
cotton plants of the
genus Gossypium in the mallow...
