noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The fibre of the abaca. uncountable
2. 2
   Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc wordnet
3. 3
   a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abacamanilamanilasmanilla hempmusa textilis

Etymology

Manila + hemp