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Definitions of cordage
  1. noun
    the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords
  2. noun
    the ropes in the rigging of a ship
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Definition that contains cordage
  • silkwood a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  • fibrous having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
  • raffia fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets
  • hempen having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
  • cecropia large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
  • muntingia calabura a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  • hoheria populnea small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
  • silk wood a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  • colorado river hemp tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
  • mahagua shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament
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