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henequen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
henequen
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish henequén, probably of Taíno origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: henequén, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

henequens (plural) heniquen (alternative) heniquin (alternative) jeniquen (alternative)

Questions

What does henequen mean?
A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
Where does henequen come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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