guaxima

Etymology
Said by Century to be from a word guazima, guajima. (Compare guanxuma, guanxima, sometimes encountered as names of a malva.)

Noun

 * , a Brazilian plant, or the useful fiber it yields.
 * 1) * 1907 July-September, George E. Anderson, Brazilian fibers, in Monthly Consular and Trade Reports, numbers 322-324, page 114:
 * [...] the possible development of the scheme to manufacture coffee bags from guaxima, botanical name Urena lobata. The attempt here has been to manufacture the bags from what is known as aranina, an upcountry species of the guaxima.
 * 1) * 1966, Department of Agriculture - appropriations for 1967 - Hearings before the US House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies:
 * Production of kenaf in Thailand and India, and guaxima fiber in Brazil totaled 1.3 billion pounds in 1965, 9 percent more than in [...]
 * 1) * 1966, Department of Agriculture - appropriations for 1967 - Hearings before the US House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies:
 * Production of kenaf in Thailand and India, and guaxima fiber in Brazil totaled 1.3 billion pounds in 1965, 9 percent more than in [...]

Hyponyms

 * aranina, aramina

Etymology
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Noun

 * , a flowering plant of Brazil sometimes grown for its fibre
 * 1) sida any of the flowering plants of the genus
 * 1) sida any of the flowering plants of the genus
 * 1) sida any of the flowering plants of the genus