manila maguey

1. 1.

   hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants

   SynonymscantalaCebu maguey

   Broaderfiber

Questions about manila maguey

What does manila maguey mean?

manila maguey means "hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants".

What is another word for manila maguey?

Close synonyms include cantala, Cebu maguey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manila maguey a common word?

manila maguey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.