n. The name of a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898), in which the American fleet under
n. A tuberous-rooted twining annual vine (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics.
n. A lawn grass (Zoysia matrella) common in the Philippines; grown also in US.
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n. A hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants.
n. A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.
n. A common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
Manila cheroot
Manila cigar