hen·e·quen also hen·e·quin 
(hĕnĭ-kwĭn)
(hĕnĭ-kwĭn)n.
1. A tropical American plant (Agave fourcroydes) having thick, sword-shaped leaves that yield a coarse reddish fiber used in making rope and twine.
2. The fiber obtained from this plant.
[Spanish henequén, perhaps of Arawakan origin.]