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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abaca \Ab"a*ca\ ([a^]b"[.a]*k[.a]), n. [The native name.] The Manila-hemp plant ({Musa textilis}); also its fiber. See {Manila hemp} under {Manila}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manila \Ma*nil"a\, Manilla \Ma*nil"la\, a. Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in or exported from that city. {Manila cheroot} or {cigar}, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands. {Manila hemp}, a fibrous material obtained from the {Musa textilis}, a plant allied to the banana, growing in the Philippine and other East India islands; -- called also by the native name {abaca}. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made {Manila paper}, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abaca n 1: a fiber obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines [syn: {Manila hemp}, {Manilla hemp}] 2: Philippine plant having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc [syn: {Manila hemp}, {Musa textilis}]
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