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bast fibers
bast fiber
Fibers extracted from plant stems.
Bast fibre
Fibers extracted from plant stems.
brown bast
cuban bast
erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
William Bast
(April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) an American screenwriter and author.
Bast shoe
Bast shoes are shoes made primarily from bast — fiber taken from the bark of trees such as linden.
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