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单词 abaca
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Definition of abaca in English:

abaca

noun ˈabəkəˈabəkä
  • 1A large herbaceous Asian plant of the banana family, yielding Manila hemp.

    马尼拉麻,麻蕉

    Musa textilis, family Musaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Important export crops are abaca, copra (dried coconut meat), pineapple, sugar, and tobacco.
    • The principal cash crops are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, sugar, tobacco, and abaca.
    • Instead, traditional exports such as coconut, abaca and sugar have lost markets.
    • The abaca plant, a type of banana, grows in the Philippines.
    • A leaf fiber and a member of the banana family, abaca makes an extremely strong pulp.
    1. 1.1mass noun Manila hemp.
      马尼拉麻
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The shade papers are made from silk, banana, Kozo, mulberry, mango and abaca fibres.
      • These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.
      • The Japanese defence ministry commandeered the country's supply of abaca (hemp).
      • He created the works by dipping pieces of wire mesh into pulp made of abaca (banana fiber) and then painting the frame in lively watercolors.
      • It's one of the benefits of using the abaca rather than the more-conventional glass fibers.

Origin

Mid 18th century: via Spanish from Tagalog abaká.

Definition of abaca in US English:

abaca

nounˈabəkä
  • 1A large herbaceous Philippine plant of the banana family that yields Manila hemp.

    马尼拉麻,麻蕉

    Musa textilis, family Musaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A leaf fiber and a member of the banana family, abaca makes an extremely strong pulp.
    • Important export crops are abaca, copra (dried coconut meat), pineapple, sugar, and tobacco.
    • The principal cash crops are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, sugar, tobacco, and abaca.
    • The abaca plant, a type of banana, grows in the Philippines.
    • Instead, traditional exports such as coconut, abaca and sugar have lost markets.
    1. 1.1 Manila hemp.
      马尼拉麻
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's one of the benefits of using the abaca rather than the more-conventional glass fibers.
      • The Japanese defence ministry commandeered the country's supply of abaca (hemp).
      • The shade papers are made from silk, banana, Kozo, mulberry, mango and abaca fibres.
      • He created the works by dipping pieces of wire mesh into pulp made of abaca (banana fiber) and then painting the frame in lively watercolors.
      • These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.

Origin

Mid 18th century: via French and Spanish from Tagalog abaká.

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