Piassaba
or PIASSAVA, a strong vegetable fiber imported from Brazil, and largely used for making brooms. It is chiefly obtained from palms such as and largely used for making brooms. It vegetable fiber imported from Brazil, saba. The fiber proceeds from the decaying leaves, the petioles of which separate at the base into long, coarse, pendulous fringes. It was first utilized in oras- England, and the consumption is now large. Other European countries also England, and the consumption is now