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Diagrams illustrating the structural arrangement of a single flax fiber (a) and a crack (in red) that (b) propagates along the perimeter of a bundle and (c) through the bundle in a plant fiber-reinforced thermoset composite under tensile tests. SCW S1, S2 or G, S3 or Gn = secondary cell wall, PCW = primary cell wall, ML = middle lamella.
