Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abaca

Abaca (ab"ȧ*kȧ) , noun

[The native name.]

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

Text from the public-domain GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, derived from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Definitions marked with were added by later GCIDE contributors and are not in the original 1913 edition.

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