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Synonyms for abaca

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ab-uh-kah, ah-buh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb əˈkɑ, ˌɑ bə-

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Définition of abaca

  • As in hemp : noun plant
Example sentences :
  • When will you make hemp from that abaca you cut into pieces?
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
  • The abaca fiber is not spun or wrung, but is jointed end to end.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 » by Various
  • They make excellent stuffs of cotton and of abaca, dyeing them various colours with extracts of the woods grown in the country.
  • Extract from : « The Inhabitants of the Philippines » by Frederic H. Sawyer
  • Weavers of abaca left their looms and hung out of the windows to talk with their neighbours about the great event.
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Journey through the Philippines » by Florence Kimball Russel
  • The women weave and sell beautiful fabrics of pina, silk, cotton and abaca.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 » by Various
  • This bird was fairly common at Quoin Hill in the abaca and wild bananas and, at Kalabakan, in primary forest.
  • Extract from : « Birds from North Borneo » by Max C. Thompson
  • I never saw the species there and took my one specimen in the abaca, where the bird was eating spiders, nectar, and pollen.
  • Extract from : « Birds from North Borneo » by Max C. Thompson
  • This species was met with only at Quoin Hill, where it was common around the abaca and wild bananas.
  • Extract from : « Birds from North Borneo » by Max C. Thompson
  • Another use of mats is in the baling of two of the staple products of the Philippines, tobacco and abaca.
  • Extract from : « Philippine Mats » by Hugo H. Miller
  • It is usually found growing in well drained soil under the shade of banana and abaca plants and areca palms.
  • Extract from : « Philippine Mats » by Hugo H. Miller

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