| NOUN | substance | natural fiber, natural fibre | fiber derived from plants or animals |
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| Meaning | Fiber derived from plants or animals. | |
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| Synonym | natural fibre | |
| Narrower | New Zealand cotton | A fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber |
| animal fiber, animal fibre | Fiber derived from animals | |
| bast, bast fiber | Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants | |
| bowstring hemp | Strong fiber that resembles hemp | |
| pandanus | Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree | |
| plant fiber, plant fibre | Fiber derived from plants | |
| staple, staple fiber, staple fibre | A natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn | |
| Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
| Spanish | fibra natural | |
| Catalan | fibra natural | |
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