arghann.
/ˈɑːɡan/ The fibre of a South American plant, later cultivated in Malaya, which can be spun into a strong fine yarn. Also attributive.
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1922 Conquest Oct. 485 Arghan, the new British textile.
1924 J. S. M. Ward Textile Fibres 52–3.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 236 The Arghan plant is Sir Henry [Wickham's] second gift to the Inde.
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