Sisal Definition

sīsəl
noun
A strong fiber, similar to the related henequen, obtained from the leaves of an agave (Agave sisalana) native to S Mexico and now cultivated throughout the tropics, used for making rope, sacking, insulation, etc.
Webster's New World
The plant yielding this fiber.
Webster's New World

(rare) A sisal mat.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • sisal hemp
  • Agave sisalana

Other Word Forms of Sisal

Noun

Singular:
sisal
Plural:
sisals

Origin of Sisal

  • American Spanish after Sisal , a town of southeast Mexico in the Yucatán

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named after Sisal, Yucatán.

    From Wiktionary

Sisal Sentence Examples

  • An excellent quality of sisal is grown.

  • The chief exports are sisal fibre, rubber, hides and skins, wax, ivory, copra, coffee, ground-nuts and cotton.

  • Sisal hemp is grown, sponges are found in some quantities off the coast and there are four sponge-curing factories on the Caicos Islands.

  • The chief cultivated plants are maize, the sugar-cane, tobacco, cotton, coffee and especially henequen, the so-called "Sisal hemp," which is a strong, coarse fibre obtained from the leaves of the Agave rigida, var.

  • Sisal is grown.

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Words Starting With

SSISIS

Words Ending With

LALSAL

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Words Starting With S and Ending With L

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