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2. Lotus silk - Wikipedia

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   Lotus silk (Burmese: ပိုးကြာချည် or Burmese: ကြာချည်, lit. 'lotus thread') is a type of textile produced using delicate lotus stem fibers. The fabric first originated in Myanmar (Burma), and is now also woven at Lotus Silk Farm in Cambodia and Vietnam. [1][2] Due to the complexity and labor-intensive nature ...

3. Artificial plants - Wikipedia

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   Flower bouquet with prepared rose blossoms and silk flowers; The fifth is to mount the flower on a stalk of brass or iron wire wrapped with suitably colored material, and to add the leaves to complete the spray. [1] While the material most often used to make artificial flowers is polyester fabric, both paper and cloth flowers are also made with ...

4. History of silk - Wikipedia

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   The silk produced by the Byzantines was well known for its high quality, owing to the meticulous attention paid to the execution of its weaving and decoration, with weaving techniques taken from Egypt used to produce the fabric. The first diagrams of semple looms appeared in the 5th century. [31]

5. Synthetic fiber - Wikipedia

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   They are the result of extensive research by scientists to replicate naturally occurring animal and plant fibers. In general, synthetic fibers are created by extruding fiber-forming materials through spinnerets, forming a fiber. These are called synthetic or artificial fibers. The word polymer comes from a Greek prefix "poly" which means "many ...

6. Albizia julibrissin - Wikipedia

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   Albizia julibrissin is known by a wide variety of common names, such as Persian silk tree and pink siris. It is also called Lankaran acacia or bastard tamarind, though it is not too closely related to either genus. The species is called Chinese silk tree, silk tree or mimosa in the United States, which is misleading—the former can refer to ...

7. Garrya elliptica - Wikipedia

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   Binomial name. Garrya elliptica. Dougl. ex Lindl. Natural range. Garrya elliptica, the coast silk-tassel, silk tassel bush or wavyleaf silktassel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Garryaceae, native to the coastal ranges of California and southern Oregon. It is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub reaching a height of 2–5 m (7–16 ft).