abaca

English Thesaurus

1. Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	banana, banana tree,
definition	:	any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits (noun.plant)

2. a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	hemp,
definition	:	a plant fiber (noun.substance)