A fiber extracted from the abaca plant (Musa textilis).
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.).
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