CANTALA

Meaning of CANTALA in English

/kan tah"leuh/ , n.

1. a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.

2. the plant itself. Also called maguey .

[ 1910-15; cantula ), appar. kantala a mimosa genus ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CANTALA — noun Etymology: New Latin, specific epithet of Agave ~, perhaps from Sanskrit kaṇṭala babul, from kaṇṭa thorn Date: 1911 a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANTALA — kan.ˈtälə noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown : a hard fiber produced from the leaves of an agave ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANTALA — noun Etymology: New Latin, specific epithet of Agave cantala, perhaps from Sanskrit kaṇṭala babul, from kaṇṭa thorn Date: 1911 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANTALA — [can.ta.la] n [NL, specific epithet of Agave cantala, perh. fr. Skt kantala babul, fr. kanta thorn] (1911): a hard fiber …
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CANTALA — (Agave cantala), plant of the family agave (Agavaceae) and its fibre, belonging to the leaf-fibre group, obtained from plant leaves. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANTALA — Pronunciation: kan- ' tä-l ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, specific epithet of Agave cantala, perhaps from Sanskrit ka ṇ …
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CEBU MAGUEY — noun see cantala
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MANILA MAGUEY — noun : cantala
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MAGUEY — məˈgā, ˈmagˌwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Taino 1. a. : any of various fleshy-leaved agaves: as (1) …
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CEBU MAGUEY — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : cantala
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MAGUEY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAGUEY — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Taino Date: 1555 1. : any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant) 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAGUEY — [ma.guey] n [Sp, fr. Taino] (1589) 1: any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant) 2: any of several …
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MAGUEY — fibre obtained from the leaf of the plant Agave lurida, a member of the Amaryllidaccae family and native to Mexico. …
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LEAF FIBRE — hard, coarse fibre obtained from leaves of monocotyledonous plants (flowering plants that usually have parallel-veined leaves, such as grasses, lilies, …
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AGAVACEAE — the agave family of the flowering plant order Liliales, consisting of about 22 genera and at least 720 species of …
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