| They are made from papyrus root, bast fiber, and banana leaves and are decorated with mud dyes in elaborate patterns. |
| There was a clear deficiency of bast fibre along the length of the mutant stem. |
| It wasn't unknown for the ribs for example to be lashed in place with bast fibre cords, that were soaked in pitch to preserve them. |
| The phloem of some stems also contains thick-walled, elongate fiber cells which are called bast fibers. |
| Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant. |
| Another was the lime tree whose fibrous inner bark, bast, was used for a number of purposes. |
