Piassaba Fibre

Piassaba Fibre
PIASSABA FIBRE (also Piassava and Para-grass)
A brown, stiff and wiry fibre from the leaf stalks of the monkey bast tree in Brazil. It is used for brooms and coarse ropes. Coarse cables are made from this fibre and these are very durable and so light that they float on the water. Yielded by two palms, Attalea Funifera and Leopodinia Piassaba.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • piassava — [ pjasava ] n. m. • 1869; port. piassaba, du tupi ♦ Palmier de l Amérique du Sud dont on extrait une fibre textile. ♢ Par méton. Cette fibre. Brosse, câble, paillasson en piassava. ● piassava nom masculin ou piassave nom féminin (portugais …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • piassava — /piəˈsavə/ (say peeuh sahvuh) noun 1. a coarse, woody fibre obtained from the palms Leopoldinia piassaba and Attalea funifera of South America, used in making brooms, etc. 2. either of these trees. Also, piassaba. {Portuguese, from Tupi piaçaba} …  

  • Callithrix kuhlii — Ouistiti du Bahia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ouistiti du Bahia — Callithrix kuhlii Ouistiti du Bahia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Callithrix kuhlii — Ouistiti du Bahia …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”