英文字典中文字典Word104.com
|
agave n. 龍舌蘭屬植物 龍舌蘭屬植物 agave n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber [synonym: {agave}, {century plant}, {American aloe}] Agave \A*ga"ve\ ([.a]*g[=a]"v[-e]), prop. n. [L. Agave, prop.
name, fr. Gr. 'agayh`, fem. of 'agayo`s illustrious, noble.] (Bot.) A genus of plants (order {Amaryllidaceae}) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ({Agave Americana}), wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years, according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties. The fermented juice is the {pulque} of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields {mescal}. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses. [1913 Webster] |
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|
中文字典-英文字典 2005-2009
|中文姓名英譯,姓名翻譯 |简体中文英文字典