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abaca

UK/ˈæb.əˌkɑː//ˈæb.əˌkɑ/

abaca noun: musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.

abaca: musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and...
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Noun

abaca (countable and uncountable, plural abacas)

  1. Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
  2. (uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth.

Proper noun capitalized: Abaca

Abaca

  1. A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.

abaca meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic

abaca in Tamil

பிலிப்பைன் சணல்வகை, மணிலா

abaca in Kannada

ಫಿಲಿಪೀನಿನ ಭೂತಾಳೆ ನಾರು, ಮನಿಲ ನಾರು

abaca in Tagalog

plant
abaka

abaca in Arabic

plant
قِنَّب مَانِيلَا qinnab manilā
More languagesFewer languages
abaca in Malay
pisang benang, pisang manila, pisang tali, abaka
abaca in Indonesian
pisang serat, pisang manila, abaka

Synonyms of abaca

Forms of abaca

pluralabacas
alternative formabacá
alternative formabáca
alternative formabaka
alternative formabaká

Origin of abaca

From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.

Questions about abaca

What does abaca mean?
Abaca means musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
What is abaca in Tamil?
Abaca in Tamil is பிலிப்பைன் சணல்வகை, மணிலா. See Abaca meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abaca?
Abaca can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce abaca?
Abaca is pronounced /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of abaca?
The plural of abaca is abacas.

Words near abaca in the dictionary

  1. Ababil
  2. Ababua
  3. Ababuas
  4. Ababwa
  5. abac
  6. abaca
  7. abacas
  8. abacate
  9. abacates
  10. abacavir
  11. abacaxi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abaca (page history and authors); Abaca (page history and authors); abaca (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abaca (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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