| 单词 | maguey fibre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaguey fibre a. More fully maguey fibre. A hard fibre obtained from the leaves of various plants of the genus Agave or of the closely related genus Furcraea. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Amaryllidaceae > [noun] amaryllid1830 maguey1901 1901 Westm. Gaz. 21 Oct. 5/1 All the maguey fibre Mexico can produce will be taken at good prices. 1903 J. W. Gilmore Prelim. Rep. Commercial Fibers Philippines 13 Maguey is a name usually given to the..varieties of Agave americana, or century plant, but sometimes, as here in the Philippines, the same name is applied to the fiber of these plants also. 1948 G. Lawrie Pract. Ropemaker g103/2 Maguey—A hard fibre produced in the Philippine Islands from a plant of the Agave sisalana family. It is not so easily cleaned as sisal, is less valuable and is often mixed with other fibres. 1991 Washington Post 26 May (Mag. section) 28/1 A large flat box containing the text of a 1531 court case involving explorer Hernando Cortes... The pictures were drawn on beaten paper, made either from amatl, which is fig tree fibres, or maguey, which is cactus fibres. < as lemmas |
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