noun
- a fiber obtained from an East Indian plant, used for making rope and coarse cloth
Usage: technical
Examples
- The rope was made from strong sunn fibers.
- Sunn is cultivated primarily in India for its valuable fiber.
- Traditional craftsmen still use sunn to weave coarse textiles.
- The sunn plant grows quickly in tropical climates.
- Farmers harvest sunn after about four months of growth.