cantala

2 definitions found

cantala - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
     (Bot.)
     Any of several species of Agave, such as the century plant
      (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
     come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
     the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
     making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
     mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
     plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
     Agave.
     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
        Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
        cantala.
        [WordNet 1.5]

cantala - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cantala
      n 1: hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine
           agave plants [syn: cantala, Cebu maguey, manila maguey
           ]
      2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse
         twine [syn: maguey, cantala, Agave cantala]