Henequen

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.

2.nounThe fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).

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