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henequen

henequen noun: a tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.

Noun

henequen (countable and uncountable, plural henequens)

  1. A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
  2. The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).

henequen meaning in Tamil

henequen in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of henequen

pluralhenequens
alternative formheniquen
alternative formheniquin
alternative formjeniquen

Origin of henequen

From Spanish henequén, probably of Taíno origin.

Questions about henequen

What does henequen mean?
Henequen means a tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
What is henequen in Tamil?
Henequen in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Henequen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is henequen?
Henequen is a noun.
What is the plural of henequen?
The plural of henequen is henequens.

Words near henequen in the dictionary

  1. heneicosanoic acid
  2. heneicosanol
  3. heneicosanoyl
  4. heneicosapentaenoate
  5. heneicosapentaenoic acid
  6. henequen
  7. henequens
  8. henequin
  9. Henerson
  10. Henery
  11. Henerys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: henequen (page history and authors); henequen (Tamil 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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