henequen

  1. Noun.  a tropical American agave, ''Agave fourcroydes'', whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
  2. Noun.  the fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal).

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