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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

植物繊維

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shokubutsu sen'i

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Plant fiber/ˈplɑːnt ˈfaɪ.bər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"この製品は天然の植物繊維を使用しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Elongated, supportive cell structures found in vegetation, primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, used for making textiles, rope, and paper.

    "The sustainable packaging was manufactured entirely from renewable plant fiber."
  2. 2

    Dietary fiber derived exclusively from plant sources, essential for human digestion and nutritional health.

    "A diet rich in diverse plant fiber supports a healthy gut microbiome."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'plant', derived from the Latin 'planta' (sprout, shoot), and 'fiber', originating from the Latin 'fibra' (filament, entrail). Together, they entered common English usage during the industrial and scientific developments of the 19th century to describe structural cellulosic strands derived from botanical sources.

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