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Species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae
Sisal (/ˈsaɪsəl/, Spanish: [siˈsal]; Agave sisalana) is a species of flowering plant native to southern Mexico, but widely cultivated and naturalized in
Sisal
SISAL (Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language) is a general-purpose single assignment functional programming language with strict semantics
SISAL
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Sisal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sisal is a flowering plant native to Mexico. Sisal may also refer to: SISAL, a programming language
Sisal_(disambiguation)
Italian gambling company
Sisal, acronym for Sport Italia Società a responsabilità limitata, active since 1946, is an Italian gambling company and payment service provider which
Sisal_(company)
Estate in Kenya
The Teita Sisal Estate is one of the largest sisal estates in the world, and the largest in East Africa. It is located in Kenya's Taita-Taveta County,
Teita_Sisal_Estate
Town in Yucatán, Mexico
Sisal (Spanish pronunciation: [siˈsal]) is a seaport town in Hunucmá Municipality[citation needed] in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It was the principal
Sisal,_Yucatán
Voi Sisal Estate is located near the township of Voi in the Taita-Taveta County of Kenya. It specializes mainly in production of sisal fibre. There are
Voi_Sisal_Estate
Species of beetle
Scyphophorus acupunctatus, the sisal weevil or agave weevil, is a species of polyphaga beetle of the family of the Curculionidae. Sisal weevil larvae, known as
Scyphophorus_acupunctatus
Title of multiple roadside attractions
Doonesbury Archived 2012-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013. Wikimedia Commons has media related to sisal and twine.
Biggest_ball_of_twine
Sisal production in Tanzania began in the late 19th century by the German East Africa Company. Sisal was continually produced during the German administration
Sisal_production_in_Tanzania
Faroese singer (born 1995)
pronunciation: [ˈsɪsːal jɔuˈhanːa ˈnɔɹpɛɹk ˈniːklasɛn]) (born 13 February 1995), known mononymously as Sissal (Faroese pronunciation: [ˈsɪsːal]), is a Faroese
Sissal
Object for cats to relieve skin irritation
wooden post, roughly 60–90 cm (24–35 in) tall, covered in rough fabric or sisal. The post is mounted vertically in a wide base, which allows the cat to
Scratching_post
Economy based on agricultural mass production
crops included cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal, Red Sandalwood, and species in the genus Indigofera, used to produce indigo
Plantation_economy
Species of flowering plant
Agave decipiens, common names false Sisal or Florida agave, is a plant species endemic to coastal Florida in the United States. Agave decipiens is an
Agave_decipiens
Large bag made of rough fiber, often used for storage and transport
traditionally made of burlap (hessian fabric) formed from jute, hemp, sisal, or other natural fibres, usually in the crude spun form of tow. Modern-day
Gunny_sack
nuts, coffee, cotton, sisal, tea and tobacco. At one point in its agricultural history, Tanzania was the largest producer of sisal in the world. The agriculture
Agriculture_in_Tanzania
Natural or synthetic substance that is significantly longer than it is wide
lignin: examples include cotton, hemp, jute, flax, abaca, piña, ramie, sisal, bagasse, and banana. Plant fibers are employed in the manufacture of paper
Fiber
Baling twine or baler twine is a small diameter sisal or synthetic twine used to bind a quantity of fibrous material (notably hay or straw) into a more
Baling_twine
British mandate in Africa from 1919 to 1961
cotton, sisal, cocoa and coffee was important to developing the colony as these resources were used for German consumers and industry. Sisal was especially
Tanganyika_Territory
Italian lottery
well-known Italian lottery which has existed since the 1950s. In 1997, Sisal, which manages the lottery, modified the 'Enalotto' lottery to create SuperEnalotto
SuperEnalotto
Capital of Tanga Region, Tanzania
in November and December. Major exports from the port of Tanga include sisal, coffee, tea, and cotton. Tanga is also an important railroad terminus,
Tanga,_Tanzania
Kenyan agricultural company
with different crops before settling on sisal. They named the estate Sisal Ltd and with increased demand for sisal, the business flourished. Kakuzi Fiberlands
Kakuzi_Limited
Private Ranch] Wushumbu Ranch Kidai Sisal Estate (not operational) Taveta Sisal Estate Teita Sisal Estate Voi Sisal Estate Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries
List of ranches, estates and sanctuaries in Taita-Taveta County
List_of_ranches,_estates_and_sanctuaries_in_Taita-Taveta_County
foreground examples of Kenya agricultural produce - coffee, pyrethrum, sisal, tea, maize and pineapples. The coat of arms is supported by a scroll upon
Coat_of_arms_of_Kenya
County in Kenya
cattle grazing. The three operating sisal estates in the county are Teita Sisal Estate, Voi Sisal Estate and Taveta Sisal Estate. Many ranches have ventured
Taita–Taveta_County
Farm for cash crops
including cotton, cannabis, tobacco, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, opium, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, fruits, rubber trees and forest trees. Plantation
Plantation
National Historic Site of Tanzania
Maasai word oldupai which means "the place of the wild sisal" as the East African wild sisal (Dracaena hanningtonii) grows abundantly throughout the
Olduvai_Gorge
Species of flowering plant
henequen, which is suitable for rope and twine but not of as high a quality as sisal. It is the major plantation fiber agave of eastern Mexico, being grown extensively
Agave_fourcroydes
Historic town of Pangani District, Tanga Region
and betel-nut. Pangani was once a secondary center of the sisal industry, servicing sisal plantations to the north and south of town. Pangani also has
Pangani
Island in Queensland, Australia
cay located 25 km from the coast, well established with coconut palms and sisal which provide a habitat for a number of roosting birds and green turtles
Coquet_Island_(Queensland)
Genus of flowering plants
"Sabbara tal-Amerika", and Agave sisalana is referred to as "Sabbara ta' Sisal". The succulent leaves of most Agave species have sharp marginal teeth,
Agave
Type of cord made from refined natural fibers of animal intestines
Flax Linen Hemp Jute Kapok Kenaf Lotus silk Piña Pine Raffia Ramie Rattan Sisal Wood Animal Alpaca Angora Byssus Camel hair Cashmere Catgut Chiengora Guanaco
Catgut
Woven fabric from jute or sisal
fabric made of vegetable fibres: usually the skin of the jute plant, or sisal leaves. It is generally used (in the crude tow form known as gunny) for
Hessian_fabric
Cord composed of two or more thinner strands twisted together
more strands. Natural fibres used for making twine include wool, cotton, sisal, jute, hemp, henequen, paper, and coir. A variety of synthetic fibres are
Twine
Gambling business
Entertainment announced it would be acquiring the Italian online games provider Sisal for €1.913bn/£1.62bn. The transaction was completed in August 2022. In January
Flutter_Entertainment
merged with Gala Coral (now Ladbrokes Coral) Bwin Party acquired by GVC Sisal acquired by CVC Capital Partners Tipico (majority stake) acquired by CVC
List of mergers and acquisitions in online gambling
List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_in_online_gambling
German colonial agricultural scientist and traveller
the Usambara and Tanga regions was, however, to be the introduction of sisal. This extremely successful implantation in 1892-3 of Agave sisalana was
Richard_Hindorf
melted for manufacture of other alloys. Sissel Norwegian female given name Sisal fibrous plant T. E. (Thomas Edward) Lawrence The Mint: A Day-book of the
Scissel
Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands
can be seen on the western half of the island, indicating that cotton and sisal were once raised here. Echinocactus horizonthalonius (Turk's Head cactuses)
Cotton_Cay
Novel by William Boyd
Smith in the US edition), an American expatriate who runs a successful sisal plantation in British East Africa near Mount Kilimanjaro. Before war breaks
An_Ice-Cream_War
German photographer, publisher and author (1882–1961)
Humboldt-Universität of Berlin discussed Dobbertin's photograph of Africans working at a sisal plantation. She noted that this and a similar photograph by Dobbertin had
Walther_Dobbertin
German colony, 1885–1918
and economic growth. Over 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) were put under sisal cultivation which was the largest cash crop. Two million coffee trees were
German_East_Africa
Rea Vipingo is a company that operates sisal plantations in Kenya and Tanzania. The company's headquarters are located in Nairobi. Its stock was listed
Rea_Vipingo
Chemical compound
ripe fruits are used. G. O. Aspinall and A. Cañas-Rodriguez (1958). "810. Sisal pectic acid". Journal of the Chemical Society: 4020–4027. doi:10.1039/JR9580004020
Pectic_acid
Plant fiber mainly used for producing rope
harvesting of hard fibers to be a very energy and time intensive task. Sisal and abaca are the primary leaf fibers that are harvested and sold. These
Leaf_fiber
Country in East Africa
and is opening pathways for them to move out of poverty. Tea, coffee, sisal, pyrethrum, corn, and wheat are grown in the fertile highlands, one of the
Kenya
Country in East Africa
nuts (126,000 tonnes), tobacco (86,877 tonnes), coffee (48,000 tonnes), sisal (37,368 tonnes), and tea (32,422 tonnes). Beef was the largest meat product
Tanzania
Process of printing on textiles
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Direct-to-garment_printing
Exfoliating utensil mainly used in Korea
The towels are made of various coarse materials such as viscose rayon, sisal hemp, and nylon. The color of the Italy towel represents the item's strength
Italy_towel
State of Mexico
twine, and became known as sisal rope, named after the seaside town of Sisal, from where the rope was shipped. Today Sisal is a sleepy fishing village
Yucatán
Place in Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
port town it acts as a major import/export hub for commodities such as sisal, soap, hemp, cotton, rice and peanuts. In the 17th century, French buccaneers
Toliara
Agricultural cannabis plant
botanical relation with Cannabis. These include Manila hemp, bog hemp, sisal hemp, New Zealand hemp, Deccan hemp, or Madras hemp (also at times called
Hemp
schooners made prizes of the Union, the Telégrafo, and the Adventure off Sisal and on 26 July they engaged the batteries defending Campeche's harbor. Describing
Texan_schooner_Brutus
Plant grown for fiber
banana, producing "manila" rope from leaves Piña, from pineapple leaves Sisal, an agave Bowstring hemp, a common house plant, also Sansevieria roxburghiana
Fiber_crop
natural sponges. The sisal (Agave sisalana) and hemp industries were prominent in the Bahamas from between 1890 and 1920. Sisal, an agave that was commercially
Agriculture and fisheries in the Bahamas
Agriculture_and_fisheries_in_the_Bahamas
Municipality of Bahia, Brazil
comprises, alongside other municipalities, the region known as the Territory of Sisal. Its headquarters are approximately 210 km (130.5 mi) from the capital Salvador
Araci
Cotton twill cloth
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Chino_cloth
Trademark for a waterproof, breathable fabric
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Gore-Tex
Species of flowering plant
ehrenbergii, (blue sansevieria, sword sansevieria, oldupai, or East African wild sisal) is a flowering plant which grows in northeastern and eastern tropical Africa
Dracaena_hanningtonii
Swedish footballer
professional football player in 1975, when she was playing for the Italian team Sisal ACF Piacenza. Before that she played as a midfielder at FK Växjö. Giertta
Lena_Olovsson
Method of turning fiber into yarn or thread
sisal). These vegetable fibres can come from the seed (cotton), the stem (known as bast fibres: they include flax, hemp, and jute) or the leaf (sisal)
Spinning_(textiles)
Plant fiber from Mexican species of agave and yucca
20–40 in (51–102 cm) long, almost white, and almost as strong and flexible as sisal, produced from Agave sisaliana. Palma Ixtle, produced from the young leaves
Ixtle
Prepaid card service of Poste Italiane
through the official website via a SIM card, through PosteMobile, or through Sisal authorized offices. Poste Italiane also provides an online top-up service
Postepay
Sling used for swinging, sleeping or resting
hammocks were woven out of tree bark, and later this material was replaced by sisal fibers because it was more abundant. One of the reasons that hammocks became
Hammock
Island and the largest city of Turks and Caicos Islands
Osprey Rock and Sapodilla Hill, and the ruins of Cheshire Hall plantation, a sisal and cotton plantation owned by the British Loyalist, Thomas Stubbs from
Providenciales
Yoruba patterned hand-woven fabric
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Aso_Olona
languages intended for numerical or array intensive applications, e.g., SISAL, NESL, Nial, APL, J, or K, particular regard is paid to ease the transition
SAC_programming_language
Long stick given out on a Okuhingira ceremony in Western Uganda tribes
they are covered with handmade covers called emihaiha and are wooven using sisal fibers and other fibers designed in a geometric pattern. There also smoked
Omugamba
Kenyan politician (1949–2013)
and charged with incitement when squatters in her constituency invaded a sisal farm that the owner had actually sold to them. After receiving the money
Chelagat_Mutai
Pattern used in weaving fabric
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Herringbone_(cloth)
Place in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
1900 to 1912, when the headquarters moved to Voi. Teita Sisal Estate, one of the largest sisal estates in the world, is also located near the town of Mwatate
Mwatate
Place in Baringo County, Kenya
main economic activities are dairy farming, growing maize, and large-scale sisal cultivation for export. Climate: Semi-arid climate, experiences two seasons
Mogotio
Artificial structure for cats
carpet. Elevators are also frequently covered with an abrasive materials (sisal rope being the most common), intended to induce cats to scratch in those
Cat_tree
Lighthouse in Paraíba, Brazil
The architects had the intention to represent a sisal plant in the design of the lighthouse. Sisal has been one of the most lasting economic mainstays
Cabo_Branco_Lighthouse
Kenyan politician and labour leader (1930–1969)
Onyango were from the Luo ethnic group of Kenya, and were both low-income sisal cutters working on the colonial farm of Sir William Northrup McMillan, at
Tom_Mboya
Country in Southern Africa
bread-basket of southern Africa and a major exporter of bananas, coffee and sisal, but three decades of civil war destroyed fertile countryside, left it littered
Angola
Computer programming paradigm
creation of or writing to intermediate files to the greatest extent possible. SISAL, a popular dataflow language developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dataflow_programming
Plateau in central Angola
has enough rainfall to allow for the cultivation of coffee, corn, rice, sisal, sugarcane, and peanuts. Along the more elevated parts, more rain falls
Bié_Plateau
Soft woven fabric
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Flannel
African island country in the Indian Ocean
ylang-ylang and other perfume plants, vanilla, cloves, coffee, cocoa beans, and sisal were introduced. In 1886, Mwali was placed under French protection by its
Comoros
Chair by Mies van der Rohe, Lilly Reich
a necessity for young architects: "When you saw the holy object on the sisal rug, you knew you were in a household where a fledgling architect and his
Barcelona_chair
Material that arises without the use of technology
Biotic materials Wood (rattan, bamboo, bark, etc.) Plant fiber (coir, ramie, sisal, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, linen, abacá, etc.) Animal
Natural_material
Village of Mayomboni in Tanga Region, Tanzania
Germans, and later the British, introduced roads, schools, hospitals, and sisal plantations to the region. By December 1914, during World War I, British
Jassini
Veracruz Veracruz, Veracruz Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz Celestún, Yucatán Sisal, Yucatán Dzilam de Bravo, Yucatán Las Coloradas, Yucatán Isla Mujeres, Quintana
List_of_seaports_in_Mexico
Italian textile company
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Frette
Italian racing cyclist
Zardini 2016 Overall 2017 Delio Gallina Colosio Eurofeed 2018 Viris L&L Sisal Matchpoint Professional teams 2019–2020 Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM 2021
Umberto_Marengo
Functional programming language
Id, ISWIM, KRC, Lisp, Miranda, ML and Standard ML, Orwell, SASL, Scheme, SISAL Influenced Agda, Bluespec, C++11/Concepts, C#/LINQ, CAL,[citation needed]
Haskell
Heavy, strong, napped or sheared cotton fabric with a suede-like finish
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Moleskin
Inherent parallelism in expressed computation
Assignment C (SAC), Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language (SISAL), Z-level programming language (ZPL), and pH. If a given problem involves
Implicit_parallelism
Fibers made with ethers or esters of cellulose
37–49 15–21 18–24 – 2–4 Jute 41–48 21–24 18–22 – 0.8 Leaf fiber Abaca 56–63 7–9 15–17 – 3 Sisal 47–78 7–11 10–24 10 0.6–1 Henequen 77.6 13.1 4–8 – –
Cellulose_fiber
Kenyan artist
traditions with contemporary narratives. Working with materials such as sisal rope, stitched yarn, acrylic paint, and photo transfers, he examines themes
Kaloki_Nyamai
Island and state park in Florida, United States
masonry foundations, cultivated tropical plants (including descendants of the sisal introduced by Henry Perrine) and abandoned fishing cabins, noting that the
Indian_Key
Municipality in Benguela Province, Angola
retained quality businesses and professionals into its growing economy. Sisal and fishing industries expanded and the financial, construction and services
Benguela
Cellulose-based semi-synthetic fiber
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Rayon
District of Tanga Region, Tanzania
development of sisal estates, and the sector dominated the local economy up until the 1970s. Through the port of Tanga, substantial amounts of sisal from the
Mkinga_District
cotton, vanilla, coffee, litchi, pepper, tobacco, groundnut, sugar cane, sisal, clove and ylang-ylang. In general, levels of production and revenue of
Agriculture_in_Madagascar
Historical plantation in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Cheshire Hall Plantation was a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) sisal and cotton plantation in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, owned by the British Loyalist
Cheshire_Hall_Plantation
Range of processes that alter the surface of an item to achieve a certain property
#7 finish is produced by polishing with a 280–320 grit belt or wheel and sisal buffing with a cut and color compound. This is a semi-bright finish that
Surface_finishing
Decorative shuttle-woven fabric
Nylon Microfiber Olefin Pashmina Polyester Piña Ramie Rayon Sea silk Silk Sisal Spandex Spider silk Triacetate Vectran Vinylon Vinyon Wool Zylon Finishing
Brocade
Species of flowering plant
fiber. Abaca is classified as a hard fiber, along with coir, henequin and sisal. Abaca is grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa
Abacá
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