cantala

Noun
  1. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine;
    From Philippine agave plants (synset 112498636)
    hypernym: fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
    synonym: cebu maguey, manila maguey
  2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine (synset 112498088)
    hypernym: 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
    member meronym: genus agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
    synonym: agave cantala, maguey

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