arrowroot-fiber

Updated: June 14, 2025

From these long leaves rose graduated alabaster columns, the inner stalks of the banana-plants, and on them were fastened flowers and ornaments, fanciful creations of the hands of Tahitian women, fashioned of brilliant leaves and of bamboo-fiber and the glossy white arrowroot-fiber.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.