sisal

  1. Noun.  A Central American plant, of the genus ''Agave'', cultivated for its sword-shaped leaves that yield fibers used for rope.
  2. Noun.  The fibre of the plant.
  3. Noun.  (rare) A sisal mat.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.