AGAVE CANTALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agave cantala mean? 

• AGAVE CANTALA (noun)
  The noun AGAVE CANTALA has 1 sense:

1. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

  Familiarity information: AGAVE CANTALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGAVE CANTALA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agave cantala; cantala; maguey

Hypernyms ("Agave cantala" is a kind of...):

agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)

Holonyms ("Agave cantala" is a member of...):

genus Agave (type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)