HyperDic: bassine

English > 1 sense of the word bassine:
NOUNplantbassinecoarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
English > bassine: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcoarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
Broaderfiber, fibreA slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
Substance ofpalmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifertall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar

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