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fiber crops

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fiber crops [′fī·bər ‚kräps]
(agriculture)
Plants, such as flax, hemp, jute, and sisal, cultivated for their content or yield of fibrous material.
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These plants are almost exclusively grown as fiber crops and there is a growing concern on the future availability and price of the fibers from these crops due to the limitations of land, water, and energy needed to grow these crops.
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