| Word | bast |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. Fibrous material from the phloem of a plant. The area labeled BF is bast fiber: |
| Sentence | The curly-headed old man, his hair tied with a strip of bast...came up to the carriage and placed his sunburnt hand on the splash-board. |
| Source | Anna Karenina, VI.XVII, p.609 Image: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4722197 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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