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abaca /ˈabəkə /noun1A large herbaceous Asian plant of the banana family, yielding Manila hemp.- Musa textilis, family Musaceae.
The abaca plant, a type of banana, grows in the Philippines....- The principal cash crops are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, sugar, tobacco, and abaca.
- Important export crops are abaca, copra (dried coconut meat), pineapple, sugar, and tobacco.
1.1 [mass noun] Manila hemp.The shade papers are made from silk, banana, Kozo, mulberry, mango and abaca fibres....- The Japanese defence ministry commandeered the country's supply of abaca (hemp).
- These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.
Origin Mid 18th century: via Spanish from Tagalog abaká. |