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Bast

noun

Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants. Synonym: bast fiber.

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes. Synonym: phloem.

Cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun.

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Cuban bast

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... distance of twelve hundred miles. It is also one of the oldest settlements on the river, having been founded during the English revolution, or nearly two centuries ago. Tupi is the common idiom. The productions of the country are cacao, sarsaparilla, Brazil nuts, bast for caulking vessels, copaiba balsam, India-rubber, salt fish, turtle-oil, manati, grass hammocks, and tiles. Bates calculates the value of the annual exports at nearly forty thousand dollars. The "Icamiaba" calls here twice a month; besides ...

— The Andes and the Amazon - Across the Continent of South America • James Orton

... I have never tried for long. I experienced a queer feeling once," he went on. "I never longed so for the country, Russian country, with bast shoes and peasants, as when I was spending a winter with my mother in Nice. Nice itself is dull enough, you know. And indeed, Naples and Sorrento are only pleasant for a short time. And it's just there that Russia comes back to me most ...

— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy

Words linked to "Bast" : phytology, Cuban bast, bast fiber, phloem, sieve tube, natural fiber, Egyptian deity, vascular tissue, natural fibre, botany