The creeping plant Heliotropium fruticosum, of Jamaica, the stems of which are used for making baskets.
| 单词 | θ24841 |
| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > other plants yielding fibre, etc. (10) withe1657 The creeping plant Heliotropium fruticosum, of Jamaica, the stems of which are used for making baskets. silk grass1753 The name of various species of aloe, agave, or yucca, or of the fibre derived from these. restio1796 Any of various reed-like plants of, or formerly of, the genus Restio (family Restionaceae), superficially resembling horsetails, chiefly native to… kurrajong1823 A native Australian name for any plant or tree having a tough bark yielding a fibre; hence applied with qualifications to various trees, some called… lechuguilla1834 Also, any of various similar plants of the same genus. kie-kie1847 A New Zealand climbing plant, Freycinetia Banksii (family Pandanaceæ), the leaves of which are woven into baskets, etc. Also attributive. munj1855 A grass, Saccharum munja, found in South Asia, whose leaves yield fibre used for making ropes and matting. More fully munj fibre, munj grass. pua1858 The fibre of the shrub Maoutia puya (family Urticaceae), native to Nepal and neighbouring regions of eastern Asia, used for cloth, cordage, etc… sesban1860 Any leguminous plant of the genus Sesbania, esp. S. ægyptiaca and aculeata (which yields rope fibre). settler's twine1898 (see quots.). |
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