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A fiber extracted from the abaca plant (Musa textilis).
abaca
manila hemp
abaca fiber
abacá fiber
1
Manufactures consist in fabrics of
abaca
and canonegro, of which boat cables are made.
2
The chief products are
abaca
,
rice, and cocoanuts, oil being extracted from the latter.
3
There are gold and copper mines, and much tobacco, sugar, rice, and
abaca
is raised.
4
Freshen up sunrooms and glass box extensions with this collection of steel frame
abaca
weave furniture.
5
They are somewhat mountainous and well wooded, and coffee,
abaca
,
sugar cane, and tobacco are raised.
6
The principal product of the island is
abaca
,
but rice is also raised and cocoanut oil is extracted.
7
We were shown a species of banana, called
abaca
,
the finer filaments of which, mixed with silk, are manufactured into native cloth.
8
The officials were anxious to grow
abaca
,
cacao, sugar cane and coconuts, all products of the Philippines, the soil of which resembled theirs.
9
Abaca
and palay are raised, and in the gold washings considerable gold of good quality is found.
10
ABACA
,
or ABAKA, a native name for the plant Musa textilis, which produces the fibre called Manila Hemp (q.v.).