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agave n. 龙舌兰属植物 龙舌兰属植物 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]
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