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bast fibre

fibre obtained from the phloem tissues of many plants, used for textiles, rope, and paper
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bast fibre

Summary

bast fibre ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (575 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bast fibre is a type of plant fiber[2].
  • bast fibre is used for textile[3].
  • bast fibre is used for rope[4].
  • bast fibre is used for paper[5].
  • bast fibre's Commons category is recorded as Bast fibre[6].
  • bast fibre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bast fibre[7].
  • bast fibre's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[8].
  • bast fibre's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • bast fibre's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • bast fibre's different from is recorded as bark[11].
  • bast fibre's different from is recorded as liber[12].

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Definition and Type

bast fibre is a type of plant fiber[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include textile[3], rope[4], and paper[5].

Why It Matters

bast fibre ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (575 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Bast fibre
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28439, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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