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Bast

noun

Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants. Synonym: bast fiber.

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes. Synonym: phloem.

Cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun.

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"Bast" Quotes from Famous Books

... can I? you know very well you'll be having merchants coming to you in boots and pelisses, but I have to go about in bast shoes and ...

— Russian Fairy Tales - A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore • W. R. S. Ralston

... children brought with them the household pets; some had monkeys or coatis on their shoulders, and others bore tortoises on their heads. The squaws carried their babies in aturas, or large baskets, slung on their backs, and secured with a broad belt of bast over their foreheads. The whole thing was accurate in its representation of Indian life, and showed more ingenuity than some people give the Brazilian red man credit for. It was got up spontaneously by the Indians, and simply to amuse the people ...

— The Naturalist on the River Amazons • Henry Walter Bates

... I have never tried for long. I experienced a queer feeling once," he went on. "I never longed so for the country, Russian country, with bast shoes and peasants, as when I was spending a winter with my mother in Nice. Nice itself is dull enough, you know. And indeed, Naples and Sorrento are only pleasant for a short time. And it's just there that Russia comes back to me most vividly, ...

— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy

Words linked to "Bast" : Egyptian deity, natural fibre, sieve tube, natural fiber, vascular tissue, botany, phytology