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Manilla hemp

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Noun1.Manilla hempManilla hemp - a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
abaca, Manila hemp
hemp - a plant fiber


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I feel more like a citizen of the world at the sight of the palm-leaf which will cover so many flaxen New England heads the next summer, the Manilla hemp and cocoanut husks, the old junk, gunny bags, scrap iron, and rusty nails.
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