fiber plant

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fiber plant (plural fiber plants)

  1. a plant species cultivated because its fibers have artisanal and/or industrial uses, e.g. as raw material for fabrics.
    Before the advent of synthetics, textile manufacturing depended almost exclusively on wool, silk and fiber plants such as cotton and flax.

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