henequen
noun
hen·e·quen
ˈhe-ni-kən 
ˌhe-ni-ˈken
: a strong yellowish or reddish hard fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical American agave (Agave fourcroydes) found chiefly in Yucatán and used especially in making twine and rope
also
: a plant that yields henequen
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Rojo was a descendent of Tetabiate, a Yaqui leader killed in a 1901 battle with the government, which deported the surviving Yaquis to work in slave-like conditions on henequen plantations in far-away Yucatan.
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Mark Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
An 18th-century plantation of henequen (an agave-like plant), Hacienda Mucuyché is home to two cenotes that supposedly hosted Carlota, a Belgian princess who briefly became Empress of Mexico when Napoleon III named her husband emperor.
—National Geographic, 31 May 2019
Like most haciendas in the Yucatán, Huayamon — a 20-minute drive from the city — was founded in the 18th century (although most of its buildings date to the 19th century) to cultivate and process henequen, a tough fiber made from a variety of agave.
—Michael Snyder, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
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Mark Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2022
An 18th-century plantation of henequen (an agave-like plant), Hacienda Mucuyché is home to two cenotes that supposedly hosted Carlota, a Belgian princess who briefly became Empress of Mexico when Napoleon III named her husband emperor.
—National Geographic, 31 May 2019
Like most haciendas in the Yucatán, Huayamon — a 20-minute drive from the city — was founded in the 18th century (although most of its buildings date to the 19th century) to cultivate and process henequen, a tough fiber made from a variety of agave.
—Michael Snyder, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
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henequen
noun
hen·e·quen
ˈhen-i-kən
ˌhen-i-ˈken
: a strong hard fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical American agave and used to make twine
also
: a plant that produces henequen
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