[W/K] :: cantala

  Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
     (Bot.)
     Any of several species of Agave, such as the century
     plant ({Agave Americana}), a plant requiring many years to
     come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
     the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
     making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
     mescal; and the cantala ({Agave cantala), a Philippine
     plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
     Agave.
     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
        Philippine Agave cantala ({Agave cantala); also called
        cantala.
        [WordNet 1.5]

  cantala
       n 1: hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine
            agave plants [syn: Cebu maguey, manila maguey]
       2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse
          twine [syn: maguey, Agave cantala]