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Meanings of bast in English

Portuguese
liber

Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.

liber
Portuguese
floema
Catalan
floema
Spanish
floema

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

floema
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Examples for "phloem"
Examples for "phloem"
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The soluble sugar dominated in the phloem, while starch dominated in the xylem.
Pubmed
2
ACP transmits CLas bacterium while feeding on the citrus phloem sap.
Pubmed
3
We also identify 686 gene clusters related to phloem function.
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The speed of phloem transport can be studied by tracers.
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These results imply that the phloem sap is a sterol transport system in barley plants.
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Usage of bast in English
1
All bast fibers are obtained near the outer surface of the plant stems.
Textiles and Clothing
2
Jute and hemp belong to the lower order of bast fibers.
Textiles and Clothing
3
The immuno-ultrastructural investigation localized cell-wall polysaccharides of bast fibers during hemp hypocotyl growth.
Pubmed
4
Length is a fundamental characteristic determining the properties of bast fibres.
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5
Dick stuffed his bast in his pocket, and muttered things uncomplimentary to Banstead.
Viviette
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He was handsomely dressed, but he had coarse bast shoes on his feet.
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literatur...
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So I said to Edd: 'Let's bast him a couple just fer luck.'
Tales of lonely trails
8
These people built their sheltering homes of boughs and the bast of the juniper.
Canyons of the Colorado
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Thou bast proved thyself a true sword of the Most High, strong and steadfast.
Joshua — Volume 5
10
The footgear consisted of crash bands, bast slippers, rope cross-garters.
Russian Rambles
11
From what part of the plant are bast fibers obtained?
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
12
Quite in the background lie two mats of woven bast, each covered with a sheepskin.
The Sisters — Volume 1
13
Some are barefoot; some wear boots or bast shoes.
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
14
The sisters Yonov barked lime-trees and made bast shoes.
Tales of the Wilderness
15
No spalls or fragments are thrown from the bast.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891
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In the same way, Bast had learned a new fear of late.
The Name of the Wind
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Translations for bast
Catalan
floema
Spanish
floema
Bast through the time