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Meanings of sisal hemp in English

Catalan
pita
Spanish
agave sisalana
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A plant fiber used for making rope.

pita
Synonyms
Examples for "sisal"
Examples for "sisal"
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Or, he said, supermarkets might decide to hand out free sisal bags.
Reuters
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He had also found wild sisal in the rocky places of the island.
As It Was in the Beginning
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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
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The small man picked up the twenty-pound sisal bag resting in the corner.
What is the what: the autobiography of valentino achak deng
Usage of sisal hemp in English
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The fibre of the agave, known as sisal hemp, is used in the manufacture of rope, twine, mats, brushes, etc.
The Western United States: A Geographical Reader
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The essential feature in the economic production of sisal hemp is machinery for separating the fibre from the pulp of the leaf.
Commercial Geography / A Book for High Schools, Commercial Cours...
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The sisal hemp, pineapple, yucca, and a number of fiber plants growing in the southern part of the United States are worthy of note.
Textiles and Clothing
Translations for sisal hemp
Catalan
pita