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Sisal

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Noun

1. sisal, sisal hemp

a plant fiber used for making rope

2. agave sisalana, sisal

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sisal

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noun
1. 
a Mexican agave plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its large fleshy leaves, which yield a stiff fibre used for making rope
2. 
the fibre of this plant
3. 
any of the fibres of certain similar or related plants

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Sisal

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noun
1. 
a strong fiber, similar to the related henequen, obtained from the leaves of an agave (Agave sisalana) native to S Mexico and now cultivated throughout the tropics, used for making rope, sacking, insulation, etc.
2. 
the plant yielding this fiber

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sisal

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n.
1. A cultivated agave (Agave sisalana) originally of Mexico and Central America, widely grown for its large, sword-shaped leaves that yield stiff fibers used for cordage and rope.
2. The fiber of this plant or of other agaves.

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