A natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn.
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In Brazil sugar was the great slave labor staple; in America, cotton.
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Today, fish and chips remain a staple in the modern English diet.
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Wheat, the basic staple, is imported from countries including Russia and Ukraine.
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The visual-computing market has long been the staple of Silicon Graphicss business.
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Consider the Bathtub Fallacy, a staple of educated opinion for too long.
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The Taililang division provides acrylic staple fibers, acrylic ester and carbon fibers.