Hyphenation of abaca

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word abaca? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

aba-ca

Definitions of abaca:

1.	A kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
2.	Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc

Synonyms of abaca:

noun	Manila hemp, Manilla hemp, hemp
noun	Manila hemp, Musa textilis, banana, banana tree

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