A finer grade of abaca fiber used for high-quality textiles; a type of plant fiber from the banana family.
A variant or specialized grade of abaca, derived from the same Tagalog root referring to the Manila hemp plant. The term appears in textile manufacturing contexts to denote superior quality abaca material.
Abaca (Manila hemp) can be used to make everything from rope to fine cloth—the finest grades were historically worth their weight in silver, making the Philippines' abaca trade as economically important as their gold in colonial times!
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