kenaf
IPA: kˈɛnæf
noun
- Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
- The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute.
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Examples of "kenaf" in Sentences
- Kenaf fiber is like an oil sponge.
- Roselle and Kenaf are separate species.
- I oppose the merger of Gongura with either Kenaf.
- Kenaf seeds yield a vegetable oil that is edible with no toxins.
- Sacks made from jute and kenaf fiber have high tensile strength.
- Just because of the species congruence, it cannot be merged with Kenaf.
- Kenaf based material was previously used in the Lexus ES rear interior.
- Kenaf is one of the allied fibres of jute and shows similar characteristics.
- The body is built using environmentally friendly plant-based materials such as kenaf.
- They work with U.S. farmers to produce tree-free alternatives to paper fiber based on kenaf-based papers.
- He said hemp fibre, like the more commonly known flax, kenaf and sisal fibres, could be used in pulp, paper and fuels.
- The biodiesel and feed starch farmer believes kenaf, a kind of grass, is the answer to soaking up oil as it washes on shore.
- Wynn said alternative fibres such as hemp, flax, sisal and kenaf were being increasingly used around the world in products such as paper, textiles, fuel and food.
- A few models from Japan use natural fibers such as kenaf to reinforce plastics, reducing the demand for glass reinforcements, which are heavy and energy-intensive to produce.
- 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.
- Department of Agriculture studies show that kenaf yields of 6 to 10 tons of dry fiber per acre per year are generally 3 to 5 times greater than the yield for Southern pine trees, which can take from 7 to 40 years to reach harvestable size.
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