A short encyclopedia entry defining wood-pulp yarn, a coarse yarn made by twisting narrow strips of wood-pulp paper. It describes its uses in twine and coarse fabrics such as floor and wall coverings, bagging and upholstery drapery, and notes that it is replacing jute because it wears better and costs less, though it is weaker. It lists the trade names xylolin, textilose, silvalin and licella.