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ABACA, or ABAIIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 5 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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See also: ABACA, or ABAIIA ABACA, or ABAIIA , a native name for the plant Musa textilis, which produces the fibre called See also: MANILA Manila See also: HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis) Hemp (q.v.) . End of Article: ABACA, or ABAIIA
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