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Definition of Abaka
1. Noun. Tropical plant native to the Philippines grown for its textile and papermaking fibre (''Musa textilis'') also called Manila hemp. ¹
2. Noun. The fiber/fibre of this plant. ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of abaca) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abaka
1. abaca [n -S] - See also: abaca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abaka
Literary usage of Abaka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo: The Venetian by Marco Polo (1903)
"... and saying on all occasions that he desired nought so much as to take Argon,
and put him to a cruel death.3 NOTE I.—abaka died at Hamadan 1st April 1282 ..."
2. General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent by Mr Nicholson, John Aikin, William Enfield, Thomas Morgan, William Johnston (1799)
"abaka himself did not long survive. In the same year, having celebrated Easter-day
in the church of the Christians at Hamadan, he partook of a magnificent ..."
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