AGAVE SISALANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Agave sisalana mean? 

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

1. Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGAVE SISALANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agave sisalana; sisal

Hypernyms ("Agave sisalana" 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 sisalana" is a member of...):

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