Definition of Pipturus argenteus

1. Noun. Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth.

Exact synonyms: Queensland Grass-cloth Plant
Group relationships: Genus Pipturus, Pipturus
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipturus Argenteus

Pipil
Pipile
Pipilo
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Pipistrellus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrellus subflavus
Pipola
Pippa
Pipracil
Pipridae
Piptadenia
Piptadenia macrocarpa
Pipturus
Pipturus albidus
Pipturus argenteus (current term)
Piqueria
Piraeus
Pirahã
Pirandellian
Pirandello
Piranga
Piranga flava hepatica
Piranga ludoviciana
Piranga olivacea
Piranga rubra
Pirani
Pirani gauge
Pirate
Pirenella

Literary usage of Pipturus argenteus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits by Alfred Cort Haddon, William Halse Rivers Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman, Charles Samuel Myers, William McDougall, Sidney Herbert Ray, Anthony Wilkin (1912)
"... are made of the inner bark of the wali tree, Pipturus argenteus. This is the Queensland grass-cloth plant or native mulberry of Australia; Maiden states ..."

2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... mucilage- canals in the pith and cortex of Boehmeria platyphylla, Don et Ham. and Pipturus argenteus, Hort. (Möller, Engler). ..."

3. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"... b); and third, the inner tube here and there visible as a yellow-green membrane (c). ROA FIBER, obtained from Pipturus argenteus (order ..."

4. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Piripiri—'Fine stem fiber of the Pipturus argenteus in Tahiti; used for cords, nets and bags. Pirl—Gold or silver thread made spiral by winding. ..."

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