英语词汇“American aloe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD FAMILY

American aloe: American aloes

USAGE EXAMPLES

The same curious fact is observed with regard to the maguey, or great American aloe, which produces the drink called “pulque.”

Reid, Mayne, Odd People—Being a Popular Descript...(2011)

In the tropical parts are numerous palms, cacti in great variety, and various species of the agave or American aloe.

Various, The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol....(2010)

The American aloe has been the salvation of many a traveler in the desert country of the West.

Vandercook, Margaret, The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold(2010)

n tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

agave, century plant

Agave americana, American agave

widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies

Agave sisalana, sisal

Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

Agave cantala, cantala, maguey

Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Agave atrovirens, maguey

Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

Agave tequilana

Mexican plant used especially for making tequila

dracaena

an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage

Nolina microcarpa, bear grass

stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

bowstring hemp, sansevieria

grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

Dracaena draco, dragon tree

tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood

African bowstring hemp, African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis

bowstring hemp of South Africa

Ceylon bowstring hemp, Sansevieria zeylanica

plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green

Sansevieria trifasciata, mother-in-law's tongue, snake plant

stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant

desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant

plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

单词	American aloe
释义	American aloe (once / 214897 pages) n WORD FAMILY American aloe: American aloes USAGE EXAMPLES The same curious fact is observed with regard to the maguey, or great American aloe, which produces the drink called “pulque.” Reid, Mayne, Odd People—Being a Popular Descript...(2011) In the tropical parts are numerous palms, cacti in great variety, and various species of the agave or American aloe. Various, The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol....(2010) The American aloe has been the salvation of many a traveler in the desert country of the West. Vandercook, Margaret, The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold(2010) n tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper agave, century plant Agave americana, American agave widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies Agave sisalana, sisal Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope Agave cantala, cantala, maguey Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine Agave atrovirens, maguey Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal Agave tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila dracaena an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage Nolina microcarpa, bear grass stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico bowstring hemp, sansevieria grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber Dracaena draco, dragon tree tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood African bowstring hemp, African hemp, Sansevieria guineensis bowstring hemp of South Africa Ceylon bowstring hemp, Sansevieria zeylanica plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green Sansevieria trifasciata, mother-in-law's tongue, snake plant stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
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