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ABACA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abaca mean?
• ABACA (noun)
The noun ABACA has 2 senses:
1. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
2. Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
Familiarity information: ABACA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
abaca; Manila hemp; Manilla hemp
Hypernyms ("abaca" is a kind of...):
hemp (a plant fiber)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
abaca; Manila hemp; Musa textilis
Hypernyms ("abaca" is a kind of...):
banana; banana tree (any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits)
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