Cabuyas

/kəˈbuːjəz/ noun

Definition

The plural form of cabuya; multiple plants or quantities of fiber produced from cabuya plants.

Etymology

Spanish plural of cabuya, formed by adding the standard Spanish plural suffix -s to the singular noun.

Kelly Says

In trade records from the 1600s, Spanish merchants would list 'cabuyas' by the ton as essential cargo—rope was currency in the colonial world because every ship needed it to survive ocean voyages.

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