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bast fiber

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1. bast, bast fibernoun

   strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants

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1. bast fiber

   Bast fibre (also called phloem fibre or skin fibre) is plant fibre collected from the phloem (the "inner bark", sometimes called "skin") or bast surrounding the stem of certain dicotyledonous plants. It supports the conductive cells of the phloem and provides strength to the stem. Some of the economically important bast fibres are obtained from herbs cultivated in agriculture, as for instance flax, hemp, or ramie, but bast fibres from wild plants, as stinging nettle, and trees such as lime or linden, willow, oak, wisteria, and mulberry have also been used in the past. Bast fibres are classified as soft fibres, and are flexible. Fibres from monocotyledonous plants, called "leaf fiber", are classified as hard fibres and are stiff.Since the valuable fibres are located in the phloem, they must often be separated from the xylem material ("woody core"), and sometimes also from the epidermis. The process for this is called retting, and can be performed by micro-organisms either on land (nowadays the most important) or in water, or by chemicals (for instance high pH and chelating agents) or by pectinolytic enzymes. In the phloem, bast fibres occur in bundles that are glued together by pectin and calcium ions. More intense retting separates the fibre bundles into elementary fibres, that can be several centimetres long. Often bast fibres have higher tensile strength than other kinds, and are used in high-quality textiles (sometimes in blends with cotton or synthetic fibres), ropes, yarn, paper, composite materials and burlap. An important property of bast fibres is that they contain a special structure, the fibre node, that represents a weak point, and gives flexibility. Seed hairs, such as cotton, do not have nodes.

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1. bast fiber

   Bast fiber refers to a type of plant-based fiber that is collected from the inner bark or phloem of certain plants such as hemp, flax, jute, or ramie. These fibers are long, strong, and flexible, making them ideal for use in the manufacturing of textiles, ropes, and various craft products. Bast fiber is also highly sustainable and biodegradable, which contributes to their growing popularity in environmentally friendly products.

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   The numerical value of bast fiber in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of bast fiber in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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