Sisal

(noun.) Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope.

(noun.) a plant fiber used for making rope.

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• Sisal also lacks the flexibility of Manila, being much more stiff and harsh. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Oiling is also an important process in the manufacture of ropes from hard fibers, as Manila, Sisal and New Zealand. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• As Manila fiber is at times adulterated with Sisal, so has the latter its adulterant in a plant called Istle, which grows in Mexico and has hitherto been chiefly used in brush making. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Manila and Sisal Fibers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The development of the self-binding reaper on our western grain-fields has opened a gold mine for Sisal cordage. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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