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SISAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

Synonyms:

Agave sisalana; sisal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sisal" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("sisal" is a member of...):

genus Agave (type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A plant fiber used for making rope

Synonyms:

sisal; sisal hemp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sisal" is a kind of...):

plant fiber; plant fibre (fiber derived from plants)

Holonyms ("sisal" is a substance of...):

rope (a strong line)

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