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  • Sisal, Yucatán — Sisal is a seaport town in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It was the principal port of Yucatán during the henequen boom, later overshadowed when the more modern port of Progreso was built to the east. It lent its name to the agave derived sisal… …   Wikipedia

  • Sisal — Taxobox name = Sisal image width = 200px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Agavaceae genus = Agave species = A. sisalana binomial = Agave sisalana binomial authority = PerrineSisal or sisal …   Wikipedia

  • sisal — [sī′səl, sis′əl] n. [after Sisal, Yucatán, a former seaport (< Maya, lit., cold waters)] 1. a strong fiber, similar to the related henequen, obtained from the leaves of an agave (Agave sisalana) native to S Mexico and now cultivated throughout …   English World dictionary

  • Sisal grass — Si*sal grass , Sisal hemp Si*sal hemp , The prepared fiber of the {Agave Americana}, or American aloe, used for cordage; so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See {Sisal hemp}, under {Hemp}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sisal hemp — Sisal grass Si*sal grass , Sisal hemp Si*sal hemp , The prepared fiber of the {Agave Americana}, or American aloe, used for cordage; so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See {Sisal hemp}, under {Hemp}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fiber crop — Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are used to make paper [cite web |url=http://www.paperonweb.com/articles.htm |title=Multiple references to non wood fibers for paper |accessdate=2007 10 19 |last= Goyal… …   Wikipedia

  • sisal — 1843, from Sisal, port in Yucatan, from which the rope making fiber was exported …   Etymology dictionary

  • sisal hemp — noun a plant fiber used for making rope • Syn: ↑sisal • Hypernyms: ↑plant fiber, ↑plant fibre • Substance Holonyms: ↑rope * * * noun see sisal 1a …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fiber — For other uses, see Fiber (disambiguation). A bundle of optical fibers Fiber (also spelled fibre) is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. They are very important in… …   Wikipedia

  • sisal — noun Etymology: Sisal, port in Yucatán, Mexico Date: 1842 1. a. a strong durable white fiber used especially for hard fiber cordage and twine called also sisal hemp b. a widely cultivated Mexican agave (Agave sisalana) whose leaves yield sisal 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sisal — /suy seuhl, sis euhl/, n. 1. Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc. 2. the plant itself. [1835 45; short for Sisal grass or hemp, named after Sisal, port in Yucatán] * * * …   Universalium

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