Meaning of guaxima | Babel Free

Definitions

A plant of species Urena lobata, widespread in the tropics, or the useful fiber it yields.

Examples

“From the liber^([sic]) of the guaxima (Urena lobata) are made excellent paper and the cordage and the vegetable wool, mentioned in another place, which did not pass unobserved at the exhibition of Vienna.”

“… the possible development of the scheme to manufacture coffee bags from guaxima, botanical name Urena lobata. The attempt here has been to manufacture the bags from what is known as aranina, an upcountry species of the guaxima.”

“A large number of fibers, both wild and cultivated, are produced in Brazil. They include caroa, sisal, phormium, jute, ramie, flax, guaxima and many others. Jute is of special interest [...]”

“Production of kenaf in Thailand and India, and guaxima fiber in Brazil totaled 1.3 billion pounds in 1965, 9 percent more than in …”

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