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🌱 A Philippine plant 🧵 A strong fiber
cantala

cantala

9.9
A Philippine plant that gives a strong hard fiber used to make coarse rope
  • noun
  • Philippine
translation icon : cantala
  • Farmers harvested cantala to supply the rope-making factories.

Examples

  • The cantala is prized locally for its durable fiber used in industrial products.

  • The cantala plant is known for its strong fibers.

  • Unlike sisal, cantala thrives best in certain Philippine climates.

  • I bought some cantala fibers for my project.

  • Farmers harvested cantala to supply the factories that make strong ropes.

  • The cantala plant is valued for its hard fibers that are used to create twine.

  • Workers in the Philippines often use cantala fibers to produce durable ropes.

Synonyms

Agave cantala
vscantala
  • Specialized
9.6

A plant from the Philippines with strong rough fibers used to make rope and twine

is the common name used to refer to that species in general
maguey
vscantala
  • Philippine
9.9

A Philippine plant with strong fibers used to make rope and twine

is the formal species term rather than the local common name

Compounds

Agave cantala
  • Specialized
9.6

A plant from the Philippines with strong rough fibers used to make rope and twine

Surface Forms

cantala singular
cantalas plural

Etymology

Cantala comes from a Philippine name for a kind of agave plant that gives long, strong fibers. So, cantala is the plant people use when they want fiber for rope and twine.