| NOUN | plant | cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey | hard fiber used in making coarse twine |
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| plant | cantala, maguey, Agave cantala | Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine |
| Meaning | Hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants. | |
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| Synonyms | Cebu maguey, manila maguey | |
| Broader | fiber, fibre | A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
| Meaning | Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. | |
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| Synonyms | maguey, Agave cantala | |
| Member of | genus Agave | type genus of the Agavaceae |
| Broader | agave, century plant, American aloe | Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes |
| Spanish | maguey | |
| Catalan | maguei | |
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