sisal

si·sal  (ssl)

n.

1. A Mexican and Central American plant (Agave sisalana) widely cultivated for its large, sword-shaped leaves that yield stiff fibers used for cordage and rope.

2. The fiber of this plant or of other members of the genus Agave.

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[American Spanish, after Sisal, a town of southeast Mexico in the Yucatán.]

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sisal [ˈsaɪs^əl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Mexican agave plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its large fleshy leaves, which yield a stiff fibre used for making rope

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the fibre of this plant

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) any of the fibres of certain similar or related plants Also called sisal hemp

[from Mexican Spanish, named after Sisal, a port in Yucatán, Mexico]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sisal - a plant fiber used for making rope   sisal hemp rope - a strong line plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants
	2.	sisal - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope Agave sisalana 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

Translations

sisal [ˈsaɪsəl] N (= material) → sisal m, henequén m (LAm); (= fibre) → pita f, sisal m

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sisal [ˈsaɪz^əl] n → sisal m

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sisal

n → Sisal m

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sisal [ˈsaɪs/əl] n → sisal f inv

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sisal [ˈsaɪs/əl] n → sisal f inv

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sisal

n / adj sisal [ˈsaisəl]

(of) a type of fibre from a kind of Central American plant, used in making ropes etc. sisal سيزال: نبات تُصْنَع الحِبال من أليافه сезал sisal(ový) sisal der Sisalhanf είδος φυτικής ίνας sisal, pita, henequén sisal فيبر گياهي sisal sisal אֲגָבָה रस्सा बनाने में उपयोग होने वाला रेशा sisal, agavino vlakno szizál(kender) sisal sísalhampur sisal シサル麻 (용설란의 일종)사이잘 마(麻) sizalis sizals sisal sisal sizal sisal sisal сизаль sisal; sisalový sisal sisal sisalhampa, -fiber เส้นใยพืชชนิดหนึ่ง sisal keneviri 中美洲瓊麻 сизаль میکسیکو کا ایک پودا جس سے رسی وغیرہ بنائی جاتی ہے cây, sợi xidan 波罗麻, 剑麻, 西沙尔麻