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 [size-al]

Noun

a stiff fibre obtained from a Mexican plant and used for making rope [after Sisal, a port in 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 → pita, henequén m (LAM)

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sisal [ˈsaɪsəl] n → sisal m

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sisal [ˈsaɪsəl] n → Sisal m

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sisal [ˈsaɪsəl] 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 사이잘 마(麻) (용설란의 일종)(의) sizalis sizals sisal sisal sizal sisal sisal сизаль sisal; sisalový sisal sisal sisalhampa, -fiber เส้นใยพืชชนิดหนึ่ง sisal keneviri 波羅麻, 劍麻, 西沙爾麻 сизаль میکسیکو کا ایک پودا جس سے رسی وغیرہ بنائی جاتی ہے cây, sợi xidan 波罗麻, 剑麻, 西沙尔麻