Manila hemp

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Manila hemp

See abaca.

Manila hemp, Manilla hemp

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a fibre obtained from the plant abaca, used for rope, paper, etc.

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Noun	1.	Manila hemp - a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines abaca, Manilla hemp hemp - a plant fiber
	2.	Manila hemp - Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc Musa textilis, abaca banana, banana tree - any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits

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