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the plant that ropes ships, scrubs floors, and refuses to die in your garden
means A tough fibrous agave plant whose stiff leaf fibers are spun into rope, twine, matting, and rugs.
from Named after Sisal, a port town on Mexico's Yucatán coast from which the fiber was once shipped — the place stamped its name onto the cargo, and the cargo carried it worldwide. The town name itself comes from Yucatec Maya, traditionally explained as 'cold waters' (sis 'cold,' ha' 'water'), though the precise reading is debated.
- agave kin
- It's a cousin of the tequila plant
- rope royalty
- Once tied up the world's shipping and farming
- named after
- A Mexican port town called Sisal
- cat approved
- Most scratching posts are wrapped in it
- sharp youth
- Leaf tips end in a vicious needle spine
for instance
agave sisalana plant — the actual plant species native to mexico that yields sisal fiber