Crossword-Solution: ABACA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abaca | n. | The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ABACA | anagram | CAABA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ONECRA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ABACA (5)
The officials were anxious to grow abaca, cacao, sugar cane and coconuts, all products of the Philippines, the soil of which resembled theirs.
This abaca costs twenty-four reals per quintal, and is made into rigging in Cabite by the Indian natives, in the sizes and diameter required.
The newest vegetable fabrics, as _ma_ (China grass), pina, _abaca_, or Manila hemp, _agave_, jute, and that obtained from the palm tree, must be tended with equal care to that of cotton.
The _abaca_ is produced from the fibrous parts of the bark of the wild banana tree, found in the Philippines.
The _pina_ is a fiber obtained from the leaf of the anana tree (_Bromelias ananas_), and is prepared in the same way as the abaca, but extreme care must in this case be observed in culling the fibers, in order to sort in accordance with their degree of fineness.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chicago Tribune, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 59 times in crossword archives (1955–2014).