Bast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See phloem.
  • n. Bast fiber.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
  • n. A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The strong inner fibrous bark of various trees, especially of species of linden (Tilia), of which the Russia matting of commerce is made.
  • n. In botany, a tissue, otherwise called the liber or phloëm, formed of or containing very narrow, long, and tough flexible cells, called bast-cells or bast-fibers, and occurring most abundantly in the inner bark of dicotyledons.
  • n. A rope or cord made of the inner bark of the lime-tree, or the bark made into ropes or mats. See bass, 3.
  • n. Bastardy.
  • Bastard; illegitimate.
  • n. A name sometimes given to the portion of raw-silk fiber which envelops the fibroin: virtually the same as the sericin.
  • n. A trade-name of the piassava-fiber. See bast-palm, piassava, and bass, 4.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
  • n. (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
  • n. strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
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