hurds

/hɜrdz/
noun
  1. The short, woody fibers or waste material separated from flax or hemp during processing.
    • The factory recycled the hurds into building materials.
    • The hurds from the flax were used to make paper.
    • Farmers often compost the hurds left over from hemp processing.
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