Definition of Toquilla

1. a fibre [n -S] - See also: fibre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toquilla

topsy-turvyness
topsy turvy
topt
topwater
topwork
topworked
topworking
topworks
toquake
toquash
toque
toques
toquet
toquets
toqui
toquilla (current term)
toquillas
toquis
tor
tora
torace
torahs
toral
toralizumab
toran
torana
toranas
torans
toras
torat

Literary usage of Toquilla

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

1. Industrial and Commercial South America by Annie Smith Peck (1922)
"Made from two different kinds of plants, the paja toquilla, ... Both plants grow wild 6-10 feet high; but the toquilla is transplanted ..."

2. Industrial and Commercial South America by Annie Smith Peck (1922)
"Made from two different kinds of plants, the paja toquilla, ... Both plants grow wild 6-1 o feet high; but the toquilla is transplanted, placed four feet ..."

3. Geographical and Industrial Studies: South America by Nellie Burnham Allen (1918)
"These are the toquilla plants, from the straw of which the well-known Panama ... The toquilla and similar plants grow in most of the tropical countries of ..."

4. Illustrated South America: A Chicago Publisher's Travels and Investigations by William Dickson Boyce (1912)
"The province of Manabi. bordering the Atlantic, is the greatest producer of toquilla straw, and here are the towns of Montecristi, Santa Ana and Jipijapa, ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Among forest products are rubber, cinchona bark, toquilla fibre and ivory nuts. The manufacture of so-called Panama hats from ..."

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