abaca

See also: abacá, abacà, and abacă

English
abaca (Musa textilis)

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the native Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation

Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

  1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
    Synonyms: Manila Hemp, Manilla hemp, textile banana
  2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
    Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

Translations
fiber/fibre — see Manila hemp

References
  1. “abaca” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Spanish abacá, from the native Tagalog name for the plant, abaká.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ba.ka/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /a.bɑ.kɑ/
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Noun

abaca m (plural abacas)

  1. a banana tree, the abaca
  2. Manilla hemp
    Synonyms: chanvre de Manille, tagal

Further reading
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