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CANTALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cantala mean? 

CANTALA (noun)
  The noun CANTALA has 2 senses:

1. hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plantsplay

2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twineplay

  Familiarity information: CANTALA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANTALA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cantala; Cebu maguey; manila maguey

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

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Agave cantala; cantala; maguey

Hypernyms ("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 ("cantala" is a member of...):

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


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