Assertion: hop's characteristic | /r/CapableOf | compete with silk
Facets:
value: in various textiles
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The company DuPont and many industrial historians dispute a link between nylon and hemp, nylon became immediately a scarce commodity.[clarification needed] Nylon had characteristics that could be used for toothbrushes (sold from 1938) and very thin nylon fiber could compete with silk and rayon in various textiles normally not produced from hemp fiber, such as very thin stockings for women.