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Noun: cantala
  1. Hard fibre used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
    - Cebu maguey, manila maguey
     
  2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
    - maguey, Agave cantala

Derived forms: cantalas

Type of: agave, American aloe, century plant, fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: genus Agave

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