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bassine

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n.1.Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
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Noun1.bassine - coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
Borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm - tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn


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