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Definition of abaca in English: abacanoun 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.
- 1.1mass 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.
OriginMid 18th century: via Spanish from Tagalog abaká. Definition of abaca in US English: abacanounˈabəkä 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 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.
OriginMid 18th century: via French and Spanish from Tagalog abaká. |