Rope Fiber Source Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
	37%	8		Source of fiber used to make rope
	noun • A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc. • The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).
	28%	7		Source of fiber for rope making
	noun • any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs

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