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Banana plant fiber
Answer for the clue "Banana plant fiber ", 5 letters:
abaca
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n: a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines [syn: Manila hemp , Manilla hemp ] Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc [syn: Manila hemp , Musa textilis ]
Usage examples of abaca.
He got out henequen cable-laid rope, an assortment of ply and yarn goods, and some superlative slender abaca fiber rope.
The command car whisked by an abaca plantation, with mile after mile of lush green bananalike abaca plants extending into the foothills.
Scotty pointed at drying racks on which Manila hemp fiber, product of the abaca, was drying.