n. 龙舌兰

[机] 龙舌兰属

[ noun ]
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
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Agave \A*ga"ve\, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. ?, fem. of ?
illustrious, noble.] (bot.)
A genus of plants (order {Amaryllidace[ae]}) of which the
chief species is the maguey or century plant ({Agave
Americana}), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy
years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it
produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in
height, and perishes. 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.