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Agave sisalana

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Noun1.Agave sisalana - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. ropeAgave sisalana - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
sisal
agave, American aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
genus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
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CAPTION(S): * GET PLANTING: Good time to plant raspberry and soft fruit bushes * ROPE PRODUCER: Agave Sisalana is a native of Mexico but now extensively grown in Tanzania
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
A plant called Agave Sisalana grows in several tropical countries with hot humid climates such as Brazil, Philippines, Kenya and Tanzania, as well as in Central American and Caribbean countries.
Natural Fiber Rugs by Mary Lorainne / Home based business community
Sisal fiber (SF) is extracted from the plant Agave Sisalana and is available in South Africa, Central America, and Asia.
A low-cost, low-fiber-breakage, injection molding process for long ... by Arzondo, L.M.; Vazquez, A.; Carella, J.M.; Pastor, J.M. / Polymer Engineering and Science
 
 
 
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