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• Muscadine
  In a natural setting, muscadines are important plants for improving wildlife habitat by providing cover, browse, and fruit for a ...carbohydrates and is low in fat. Muscadine purée powder has more dietary fiber than oat or rice bran.
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• Apocynum cannabinum
  Canadian hemp was used as a source of fiber by [[North American Indians|Native Americans]], to make hunting nets, fishi *[[Psychedelic plants]]
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• Agave
  ...s usually short, the leaves apparently springing from the root. Along with plants from the related genus ''[[Yucca]]'', various ''Agave'' species are popular ...ker]]s are frequently produced from the base of the stem, which become new plants.
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• Kalmia latifolia
  ...n May and June. All parts of the plant are [[poison]]ous. [[Root]]s are [[Fiber|fibrous]] and matted.<ref name=Keeler>{{cite book * [[List of plants poisonous to equines]]
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• Stinging nettle
  ...nd older sources are likely to use a variety of systematic names for these plants. Formerly, more species were recognised than are now accepted. However, the As [[Old English]] ''Stiðe'', nettle is one of the nine plants invoked in the [[Anglo-Saxon paganism|pagan Anglo-Saxon]] ''[[Nine Herbs Ch
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• Butcher block
  ...]]s. It was commonly used in [[Butcher|butcher shop]]s and meat processing plants but has now become popular in home use.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} This type of butcher block is made by gluing pieces of wood with the wood fiber perpendicular to the surface. Most commercial butcher blocks have a thickne
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• Paper
  ...rinting upon or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist [[fiber]]s, typically [[cellulose]] pulp derived from [[wood]], [[rags]] or [[grass ...apyrus]], which was formed from beaten strips of [[Cyperus papyrus|papyrus plants]]. The immediate predecessor to modern paper is believed to have originated
  21 KB (3,131 words) - 09:08, 20 September 2010
• Fiber
  '''Fiber''', [[American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er|also spell ==Textile fiber==
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• Ceramic materials
  ...n medium]] for a range of frequencies simultaneously ([[multi-mode optical fiber]]) with little or no [[Adjacent-channel interference|interference]] between ...such as advanced drivers for laser-driven [[Nuclear fusion|fusion]] power plants.
  28 KB (3,876 words) - 09:08, 20 September 2010
• Superabsorbent polymer
  ...l the 1980’s, water absorbing materials were [[cellulose|cellulosic]] or fiber-based products. Choices were tissue paper, cotton, sponge, and fluff pulp. ...times its weight. Also, the gel did not release liquid water the way that fiber-based absorbents do.
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ...rming applications; and engineering resins often in combination with glass fiber. ...h Retreads]] use the PET material to line their products. It can also make fiber for polyester products.
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• Polyethylene glycol
  ...rt flexibility to [[polyurethane]]s for applications such as elastomeric [[fiber]]s ([[spandex]]) and [[foam]] cushions. ...[[coal]]-burning, [[integrated gasification combined cycle]] (IGCC) power plants to remove [[carbon dioxide]] and [[hydrogen sulfide]] from the gas waste st
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• Building insulation materials
  }}</ref> and, like all foams, it is more expensive than conventional fiber insulations. ...ter. Disadvantages: Like all foams, it is more expensive than conventional fiber insulations when only comparing sq ft pricing. When you compare price to R
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• Sugar
  ...ar, granulated|kJ=1619|protein=0 g|fat= 0 g|carbs = 99.98 g|sugars=99.91 g|fiber = 0 g|riboflavin_mg=0.019|calcium_mg=1|iron_mg=0.01|potassium_mg=2|water=0. ...Sugars, brown|kJ=1576|protein=0 g|fat= 0 g|carbs = 97.33 g|sugars=96.21 g|fiber = 0 g|thiamin_mg=0.008|riboflavin_mg=0.007|niacin_mg=0.082|folate_ug=1|vitB
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• Dyeing
  ...and general use. Different classes of dyes are used for different types of fiber and at different stages of the textile production process, from loose fiber ...ly for dyeing cotton, are water soluble and can be applied directly to the fiber from an aqueous solution. Most other classes of synthetic dye, other than
  7 KB (1,033 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• Technical textile
  ...ed in it. Synthetic fibers like [[glass]], [[polypropylene]] and [[acrylic fiber]]s are used to prevent cracking of the concrete, plastic and other building ...depositing area construction, product extraction, domestic water sewerage plants.
  10 KB (1,349 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• Textile
  ...erglass|glass fiber]]), and synthetic ([[nylon]], [[polyester]], [[Acrylic fiber|acrylic]]). In the past, all textiles were made from natural fibres, includ Fibres from the stalks of plants, such as hemp, flax, and nettles, are also known as 'bast' fibres.
  21 KB (3,073 words) - 09:16, 20 September 2010
• Bamboo textiles
  {{Merge|Bamboo fiber|date=July 2009}} ...ref> To strictly control the quality of raw material, Hebei Jigao Chemical Fiber Company has built its own bamboo plantation in Sichuan Province, China, and
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• Textile manufacturing
  ...is a major [[industry]]. It is based in the conversion of three types of [[fiber|fibre]] into [[yarn]], then [[fabric]], then [[textile]]s. These are then f ...Organic-TheFacts.pdf |title=Cotton: From Field to Fashion Facts behind the Fiber|publisher=Talent2Trade|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref>
  38 KB (5,949 words) - 09:16, 20 September 2010
• Textiles of Mexico
  ...eriod included those from the [[yucca]], [[Arecaceae|palm]] and [[maguey]] plants as well as the use of [[cotton]] in the hot lowlands of the south. After th ...till made and offered as tribute to Spanish overlords. Commercializing the fiber was difficult as the plant grows in the lowlands near the oceans and not ne
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