aba ca, abaka

[Local name.] The name given in the Philippine Islands to the Musa textilis, or troglodytarum, a species of the plantain genus, which yields Manilla hemp. ab-a-çis-cus, 8. [Gr. ἀβακίσκος ( abakiskos ), dim in, from aβαξ ( abar ) = a coloured stone for inlaying mosaic work.] Ancient Arch . Any flat member. A tile or square of a te ellated pavement. [ABACUS.] ab-a-çist. [Lat. abacus .] One who calculates, one who casts accounts. [ABACUS.]