different between sisal vs henequen

English

Etymology

Named after Sisal, Yucatán.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??s?l/
• Rhymes: -a?s?l

Noun

sisal (countable and uncountable, plural sisals)

1. A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
2. The fibre of the plant.
3. (rare) A sisal mat.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 456:

     Our bedding consisted of a single sisal or straw mat.

Translations

Anagrams

• SAILs, Silas, lassi, sails

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sis?l/, [?s?is??l]
• Rhymes: -is?l
• Syllabification: si?sal

Noun

sisal

1. sisal

Declension

Anagrams

• Lassi, lassi, silsa

French

Noun

sisal m (plural sisals)

1. sisal (plant, fibre)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sisal m (definite singular sisalen, indefinite plural sisalar, definite plural sisalane)

1. sisal (plant, fibres)

References

• “sisal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Silas, lassi, lissa, silas, sisal, sisla

Romanian

Etymology

From French sisal.

Noun

sisal m (plural sisali)

1. sisal

Declension

Spanish

Noun

sisal m (plural sisales)

1. sisal

English

Alternative forms

• heniquen
• heniquin
• jeniquen

Etymology

From Spanish henequén, probably of Taíno origin.

Noun

henequen (countable and uncountable, plural henequens)

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