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Also Known As	phloem fibre

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Women in Tangail, Bangladesh, sit outdoors peeling jute fiber from stems, with bundles of jute spread out in front of them and trees in the background.

Three hemp drawstring bags and a roll of hemp rope rest on coarse brown sackcloth fabric.

Tall green flax plants growing in a field in Normandy, with rows of harvested flax lying on the ground in the foreground.

Beige linen textile with twisted fringe tassels along the edge, displayed against a matching fabric background.

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