plant fibers
Cotton and hemp
Plant fibers are fibrous materials derived from plants, used in making textiles, rope, paper, and other products.
Cotton comes from seed pods, linen from flax stems, hemp from stalks, sisal from leaves.
The term distinguishes these natural materials from animal fibers like wool or synthetic fibers like polyester: The basket was woven from plant fibers.
- hempIndustrial fiber crop
- flaxFiber and oil crop
- bastWoody plant tissue
- sisalAgave-derived rope fiber
- jutePlant fiber for sacking
agave · raffia · rope making · retting · ramie · cotton · raw material · abaca · kapok · linen · textile industry · coir · hackling · milkweed · burlap · weaving · spinning · woven
plant fibersanimal fibers
Textile materials from fauna
synthetic fibers · wool · silk · cashmere · mohair
plant fiberssynthetic fibers
Chemically produced textile strands
man-made fibers · polyester · nylon · rayon · acrylic
plant fibersglass fibers
Filaments from molten silica
fiberglass · carbon fiber · asbestos · steel wool · wire