A tropical plant of the bromeliad family that produces fibers used to make rope, cloth, and other textiles.
From Tupi (a South American indigenous language) via Portuguese, caraguatá refers to a plant native to South America. The word traveled into English through colonial trade routes.
The caraguata plant is so fibrous that indigenous peoples made incredible textiles from it centuries before synthetic fabrics existed—nature's perfect rope maker.
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