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Meanings of agave sisalana in English

Portuguese
sisal
Catalan
sisal

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope.

sisal
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Examples for "sisal"
Examples for "sisal"
1
Or, he said, supermarkets might decide to hand out free sisal bags.
Reuters
2
He had also found wild sisal in the rocky places of the island.
As It Was in the Beginning
3
So he set about weaving a sail of his sisal fibre.
An American Robinson Crusoe
4
A plastic gallon drum was buckling and melding to the sisal hall carpet.
The water room
5
The small man picked up the twenty-pound sisal bag resting in the corner.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
Translations for agave sisalana
Portuguese
sisal
Catalan
sisal