| 单词 | maguey plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaguey plant 1. Any of several giant, fleshy-leaved agaves of Mexico and the south-western United States; esp. the American aloe, Agave americana. Frequently attributive, esp. in maguey plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaryllidaceae > [noun] > types of maguey1555 melt1605 pancratium1664 aloe1665 pita1698 mescal1709 maypole1750 agave1760 poison bulb1776 kukumakranka1793 furcraea1821 zephyranthes1821 century plant1827 mescal button1887 tequila plant1979 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 135v Magueans, which is an herbe muche lyke vnto that which is commonly cauled Sengrene or Orpin. 1572 H. Hawks in E. G. R. Taylor Orig. Writings & Corr. Two R. Hakluyts (1935) i. 102 There is much honie, both of bees, and also of a kind of tree which they call Maguez. 1589 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. China 320 A plant called Maguey... They take out of this plant wine, which is that which the Indians doo drinke ordinarily, and the Negros. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xxix. 420 They strewd round about a great quantitie of the boughes of Manguay, the leaves whereof are large and pricking. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. v. vii. 1085 Pots of thicke Honie of Magues. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 363 There are some that furiously lash their bare shoulders with thorns of Mangouay. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Maquey or Mayquey, an admirable Tree in New Spain, in the West-Indies. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 128 They call it a Maguey Tree, and from it they get Wine, Vinegar, Honey, Thread, Needles, Stuffs for cloathing, or Sails for Canoes and Small Boats, and Timber for building. 1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 34 The eastern side..is covered with luxuriant grass and herbs, among which the maguey..raises her pendulous white flowers. 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 61/1 Ixtli obtained from the henequen species of maguey is..exported to London and New York as body material for carpets. 1899 Atlantic Monthly 83 758/1 He who has once slept upon a mass of the shredded fibres of the maguey, or Spanish bayonet, will not be envious of the down couches of kings. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent iv. 80 The fiery white brandy distilled from the maguey: mescal, tequila. 1969 Listener 24 Apr. 554/1 I see the immense magueys, sacred trees of phenomenal girth. 1991 Hispanic Nov. 42/3 For dressing, cooks use pulque, a popular fermented drink obtained from the maguey cactus. < as lemmas |
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