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		Definition of abaca in English: abacanoun ˈabəkəˈabəkä 1A large herbaceous Asian plant of the banana family, yielding Manila hemp. 马尼拉麻,麻蕉 Musa textilis, family Musaceae Example sentencesExamples -  Important export crops are abaca, copra (dried coconut meat), pineapple, sugar, and tobacco.
 -  The principal cash crops are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, sugar, tobacco, and abaca.
 -  Instead, traditional exports such as coconut, abaca and sugar have lost markets.
 -  The abaca plant, a type of banana, grows in the Philippines.
 -  A leaf fiber and a member of the banana family, abaca makes an extremely strong pulp.
 
 - 1.1mass noun Manila hemp.
马尼拉麻 Example sentencesExamples -  The shade papers are made from silk, banana, Kozo, mulberry, mango and abaca fibres.
 -  These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.
 -  The Japanese defence ministry commandeered the country's supply of abaca (hemp).
 -  He created the works by dipping pieces of wire mesh into pulp made of abaca (banana fiber) and then painting the frame in lively watercolors.
 -  It's one of the benefits of using the abaca rather than the more-conventional glass fibers.
 
  
 
 OriginMid 18th century: via Spanish from Tagalog abaká.    Definition of abaca in US English: abacanounˈabəkä 1A large herbaceous Philippine plant of the banana family that yields Manila hemp. 马尼拉麻,麻蕉 Musa textilis, family Musaceae Example sentencesExamples -  A leaf fiber and a member of the banana family, abaca makes an extremely strong pulp.
 -  Important export crops are abaca, copra (dried coconut meat), pineapple, sugar, and tobacco.
 -  The principal cash crops are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, sugar, tobacco, and abaca.
 -  The abaca plant, a type of banana, grows in the Philippines.
 -  Instead, traditional exports such as coconut, abaca and sugar have lost markets.
 
 - 1.1 Manila hemp.
马尼拉麻 Example sentencesExamples -  It's one of the benefits of using the abaca rather than the more-conventional glass fibers.
 -  The Japanese defence ministry commandeered the country's supply of abaca (hemp).
 -  The shade papers are made from silk, banana, Kozo, mulberry, mango and abaca fibres.
 -  He created the works by dipping pieces of wire mesh into pulp made of abaca (banana fiber) and then painting the frame in lively watercolors.
 -  These Seattle sisters design placemats and table runners out of abaca fiber.
 
  
 
 OriginMid 18th century: via French and Spanish from Tagalog abaká.     |