Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abaca

2 senses of abaca

Sense 1
Manila hemp, Manilla hemp, abaca -- (a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines)
       => hemp -- (a plant fiber)

Sense 2
abaca, Manila hemp, Musa textilis -- (Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc)
       => banana, banana tree -- (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)