English Explanatory Dictionary

henequen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
  2. The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).

Word forms

henequen henequens heniquen heniquin jeniquen

Etymology

From Spanish henequén, probably of Taíno origin.

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