Definition of Abaka

1. Noun. Tropical plant native to the Philippines grown for its textile and papermaking fibre (''Musa textilis'') also called Manila hemp. ¹

2. Noun. The fiber/fibre of this plant. ¹

3. Noun. (alternative spelling of abaca) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abaka

1. abaca [n -S] - See also: abaca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abaka

abada
abadas
abade
abaft
abafungin
abagovomab
abagun
abaguns
abaht
abaisance
abaisances
abaiser
abaisers
abaisse
abaisses
abaka (current term)
abakas
abalienate
abalienated
abalienates
abalienating
abalienation
abalienations
abalone
abalones
abamectin
abamp
abampere
abamperes
abamps

Literary usage of Abaka

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo: The Venetian by Marco Polo (1903)
"... and saying on all occasions that he desired nought so much as to take Argon, and put him to a cruel death.3 NOTE I.—abaka died at Hamadan 1st April 1282 ..."

2. General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent by Mr Nicholson, John Aikin, William Enfield, Thomas Morgan, William Johnston (1799)
"abaka himself did not long survive. In the same year, having celebrated Easter-day in the church of the Christians at Hamadan, he partook of a magnificent ..."

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