MANILA HEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manila hemp mean? 

• MANILA HEMP (noun)
  The noun MANILA HEMP has 2 senses:

1. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines

2. Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

  Familiarity information: MANILA HEMP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANILA HEMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

abaca; Manila hemp; Manilla hemp

Hypernyms ("Manila hemp" is a kind of...):

hemp (a plant fiber)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

abaca; Manila hemp; Musa textilis

Hypernyms ("Manila hemp" is a kind of...):

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)