henequen
/ˈhɛnɪkɛn
/noun [mass noun]
1A fibre resembling sisal, which is chiefly used for binder twine and paper pulp.Most in this area produced henequen, an agave fibre that we know under the name ‘sisal’ and which the Mexicans nicknamed ‘green gold’....
- Baskets, mats, and hammocks are woven from plant fibers such as henequen.
- He is the author of ‘The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica,’ and is completing a manuscript on the history and ecology of the Yucatan henequen industry.
2A Central American agave from which henequen is obtained.
- Agave fourcroydes, family Agavaceae.
- They labored on vast tobacco, sugarcane, and henequen plantations, in virtual slavery enforced by their continuing debt to the landowners.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Spanish jeniquen, from a local word.
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