cabuya
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of cabuya
First recorded in 1870–75; from Spanish, from Taíno
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They are five in number, twisted from the fibres of the cabuya, or maguey plant, and are about four inches thick.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
There are two sorts of it, cabuya and nequen; cabuya is coarse and rough and nequen is soft and delicate.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.
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