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

2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

: a hard fiber produced from the leaves of an agave (Agave cantala) grown especially in the Philippines and used for coarse twines (as binder twine) — called also Cebu maguey, maguey, manila maguey

/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; < NL, the species name (orig. cantula), appar. < Skt kantala a mimosa genus]

cantala /kanˈta-lə/

A coarse fibre used in making strong thread or twine, obtained from a tropical American plant (Agave cantala)