fibre decortication

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• fibre — [ fibr ] n. f. • 1372; lat. fibra 1 ♦ Anat. Formation élémentaire, végétale ou animale, d aspect filamenteux, se présentant généralement sous forme de faisceaux. Fibre conjonctive, musculaire, nerveuse. ⇒ nerf. Petite fibre. ⇒ fibrille. ♢ Cour.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• décortication — [ dekɔrtikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1747; lat. decorticatio I ♦ Action de décortiquer, de dépouiller de son écorce. Décortication d un arbre à la raclette. II ♦ Méd. Séparation chirurgicale (d un organe) et de son enveloppe fibreuse. Décortication du cœur …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• leaf fibre — ▪ plant anatomy       hard, coarse fibre obtained from leaves of monocotyledonous plants (flowering plants that usually have parallel veined leaves, such as grasses, lilies, orchids, and palms), used mainly for cordage. Such fibres, usually long… …   Universalium

• bast fibre —       soft, woody fibre obtained from stems of dicotyledonous (dicotyledon) plants (flowering plants with net veined leaves) and used for textiles and cordage. Such fibres, usually characterized by fineness and flexibility, are also known as… …   Universalium

• ramie — /ram ee, ray mee/, n. 1. an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used esp. in making textiles. 2. the fiber itself. [1810 20; < Malay rami a kind of grass] * * * ▪ plant       any of several fibre yielding plants… …   Universalium

• sisal — /suy seuhl, sis euhl/, n. 1. Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc. 2. the plant itself. [1835 45; short for Sisal grass or hemp, named after Sisal, port in Yucatán] * * * …   Universalium

• abaca — /ab euh kah , ah beuh /, n. 1. a Philippine plant, Musa textilis. 2. the fiber of this plant, used in making rope, fabrics, etc. [1810 20; < Sp < Tagalog abaká] * * * ▪ plant       plant of the family Musaceae, and its fibre, which is second in… …   Universalium

• henequen — /hen euh kin/, n. the fiber of an agave, Agave fourcroydes, of Yucatán, used for making ropes, coarse fabrics, etc. Also, henequin. [1875 80; < AmerSp henequén, earlier geniquén, jeniquén, heniquén, perh. < an indigenous language of Hispaniola,… …   Universalium

• Mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber. Also called cabuya. * * * ▪ plant (species Furcraea gigantea),Portuguese  Piteira,  French  Aloe,    plant of the family agave… …   Universalium

• cantala — /kan tah leuh/, n. 1. a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala. 2. the plant itself. Also called maguey. [1910 15; < NL, the species name (orig. cantula), appar. < Skt kantala a mimosa genus] * * * ▪ plant… …   Universalium

• phormium — ▪ plant and fibre Portuguese  formio,         (species Phormium tenax), a plant of the day lily family, Hemerocallidaceae, and its fibre, belonging to the leaf fibre group. The plant is native to New Zealand, where the fibre, sometimes called New …   Universalium