abaca Sep 1st 2013, 02:33, by DCDuring | | Line 46: | Line 46: | | * Japanese: [[マニラアサ]] (manira asa), [[マニライトバショウ]] (manira itobashō) | | * Japanese: [[マニラアサ]] (manira asa), [[マニライトバショウ]] (manira itobashō) | | * Kapampangan: [[abaka]] | | * Kapampangan: [[abaka]] | − | * Latin: [[Musa textilis]] (accepted scientific name) | + | * Latin: [[Musa textilis]] (accepted taxonomic name) | | * Macedonian: {{t-|mk|абака|f|tr=ábaka}} | | * Macedonian: {{t-|mk|абака|f|tr=ábaka}} | | * Malay: | | * Malay: |
Latest revision as of 02:33, 1 September 2013 English[edit] Wikipedia Wikispecies Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaká (native name for the plant). Pronunciation[edit] abaca (countable and uncountable; plural abacas) - Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile and papermaking fibre. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
Synonyms[edit] Translations[edit] Anagrams[edit] References[edit] - ↑ 1.01.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:
Pronunciation[edit] abaca m (plural abacas) - A banana tree, the abaca
- Manilla hemp.
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