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coir

 (koir)
n.
The fiber obtained from the husk of a coconut, used in making rope and matting and as a medium for cultivating plants.

[Malayalam kayar, cord, from kayaru, to be twisted.]
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coir

(kɔɪə)
n
(Textiles) the fibre prepared from the husk of the coconut, used in making rope and matting
[C16: from Malayalam kāyar rope, from kāyaru to be twisted]
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coir

(kɔɪr)

n.
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut, used in making rope, matting, etc.
[1575–85; Tamil kayiṟu rope]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.coir - stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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Translations

coir

[ˈkɔɪər] ncoco m coir mattingcoir matting ntapis m en coco
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coir

nKokosfaser f, → Coir nt or f
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Once a week Deesa led Moti Guj down to the river, and Moti Gui lay on his side luxuriously in the shallows, while Deesa went over him with a coir swab and a brick.
Little Toomai was just going to sleep, too, when he heard the coir string snap with a little "tang," and Kala Nag rolled out of his pickets as slowly and as silently as a cloud rolls out of the mouth of a valley.
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Then, I took some buckets of soil off the top of the carrot bed and put down a layer of coir. I tossed the seeds on top of this, covered it all with the soil in the buckets, and watered it well.
In this study, coir fibers were chemically pretreated with the mixed solution of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide to increase their compatibility with the PLA matrix.
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Erlinda Boholts, 55 and a mother of six, says the coco coir industry gives her a daily income of at least P200, more than enough to augment the income of her husband, a village councilman who tends a halfhectare rice and vegetable farm.