abaca

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Tagalog name for the plant, via Spanish abacá

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Singular
abaca

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural abacas

abaca (countable and uncountable; plural abacas)

  1. A species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile and papermaking fibre (Musa textilis), and also called Manila hemp.
  2. (uncountable) The fiber/fibre of this plant.

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abaca m. (plural abacas)

  1. A banana tree, the abaca
  2. Manilla hemp.

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abaca

  1. abaca (the plant)
  2. Manilla hemp