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kenaf

[ US /ˈkɛnæf/ ]
NOUN
  1. valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  2. fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus

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  • The earliest-known kenaf production was in 4000 B.C., and the plant has traditionally been used in the making of rope, sacking, twine and matting.
  • Natural fibres such as asbestos, sisal, hemp, kenaf, coir, bamboo, and begasse are natural products, which, with no or very little processing, can be used in building materials. 4. Innovative technologies related to recycling of materials
  • The summer growing season of kenaf corresponds with low quality forages deficient in protein in the Southeast.
  • Many large companies are using kenaf and kenaf / wood blends for annual reports as a way of greening up operations, but it's still a struggle to establish a market for non-wood paper.
  • He said hemp fibre, like the more commonly known flax, kenaf and sisal fibres, could be used in pulp, paper and fuels. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Trombly points out that the strong fiber produced by hemp and kenaf blends well with the weaker post-consumer recycled paper.
  • TCF paper can have no recycled content, and so is made from 100 percent virgin fibers, which can include both wood as well as other fibers such as kenaf and hemp.
  • A relative of okra and cotton that towers 12 to 15 feet, kenaf is grown primarily as a fiber source for low-grade paper, particleboard, and oil absorbents.
  • This paper discusses fiber dimension , chemical component and alkaline peroxide mechanical pulping from whole kenaf.
  • Palm oil, sugar cane, cornstalks, rapeseed, soya, kenaf, but never a word about hemp. Times, Sunday Times
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