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... plant leaves . Sisal ( Agave sisalana ) Hanson Forman The plant is native to Central America , where its fibre has been used since pre - Colum- bian times . Interest in sisal was stimulated by the development of the machine grain binder ...
... plant leaves . Sisal ( Agave sisalana ) Hanson Forman The plant is native to Central America , where its fibre has been used since pre - Colum- bian times . Interest in sisal was stimulated by the development of the machine grain binder ...
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... plants asexually from fragments of the parent plant . The sexual organs rise above the surface of the plant body and are surrounded by pear - shaped structures . Sphaerocarpos was the first plant in which sex chromosomes were found ...
... plants asexually from fragments of the parent plant . The sexual organs rise above the surface of the plant body and are surrounded by pear - shaped structures . Sphaerocarpos was the first plant in which sex chromosomes were found ...
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... plant of the pea family ( Fabaceae or Leguminosae ) , also its fibre , one of the group called bast fibres ( q.v. ) , obtained from plant stems . The plant is also cultivated in many tropical countries as a green manure crop that is ...
... plant of the pea family ( Fabaceae or Leguminosae ) , also its fibre , one of the group called bast fibres ( q.v. ) , obtained from plant stems . The plant is also cultivated in many tropical countries as a green manure crop that is ...
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