Mexican sisal

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• Mexican sisal — jukataninė agava statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Agavinių šeimos pluoštinis augalas (Agave fourcroydes), paplitęs Meksikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Agave fourcroydes angl. henequen agave; Yucatan hemp; Yucatan sisal; Mexican sisal; white… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• mexican sisal — noun Usage: usually capitalized M : henequen 1 …   Useful english dictionary

• sisal blanc — jukataninė agava statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Agavinių šeimos pluoštinis augalas (Agave fourcroydes), paplitęs Meksikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Agave fourcroydes angl. henequen agave; Yucatan hemp; Yucatan sisal; Mexican sisal; white… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• sisal — ► NOUN 1) a Mexican agave with large fleshy leaves, cultivated for the fibre it yields. 2) fibre made from the sisal plant, used especially for ropes or matting. ORIGIN named after the port of Sisal in Yucatán, Mexico …   English terms dictionary

• sisal — si|sal [ˈsaısəl] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Mexican Spanish; Origin: Sisal Mexican port] a Central American plant whose leaves produce strong ↑fibres, also called sisal, which are used in making rope …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 — [ sʌɪs(ə)l] noun 1》 a Mexican agave with large fleshy leaves, cultivated for the fibre it yields. [Agave sisalana.] 2》 the fibre made from the sisal plant, used especially for ropes or matting. Origin C19: from Sisal, the name of a port in… …   English new terms dictionary

• sisal — n. 1 a Mexican plant, Agave sisalana, with large fleshy leaves. 2 the fibre made from this plant, used for cordage, ropes, etc. Etymology: Sisal, the port of Yucatan, Mexico …   Useful english dictionary

• sisal — si·sal || saɪsl n. (Botany) variety of Mexican agave plant cultivated for its strong fiber; fiber from the Mexican agave plant (used to make rope and carpets) …   English contemporary dictionary

• sisal — si|sal [ saısl ] noun uncount a white fiber used for making rope and RUGS (=small carpets). It comes from a Mexican plant …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sisal — UK [ˈsaɪs(ə)l] / US noun [uncountable] a white fibre used for making rope and rugs (= small carpets). It comes from a Mexican plant …   English dictionary