Abaca

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  • noun. A bananalike plant (Musa textilis) native to the Philippines and having broad leaves with long stalks.
  • noun. The fibers obtained from the stalks of this plant, used to make cordage, fabric, and paper.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The native Philippine name of the plant Musa textilis, which yields manila hemp. Also spelled abaka.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under manila.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
  • noun. Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
    • Word Usage
    "We were shown a species of banana, called abaca, the finer filaments of which, mixed with silk, are manufactured into native cloth."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    banana  banana tree  hemp  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bare-root  cruciferous  desalination  dicotyledonous  macrobiotic  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Manila Hemp  Manila hemp  Manilla hemp  Musa textilis  musa textilis  
    variant
    manila  
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