| 单词 | mexican grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMexican grass Mexican grass n. now rare any of various plant (esp. agave) fibres used in or exported from Mexico. ΚΠ 1856 Sci. Amer. July 342/2 The use of Mexican grass as a substitute for hair in mattresses. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 90/1 Mexican Grass Hammocks. 1887 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 697 The fibres of B[romelia]sylvestris under the name of Ixtle fibre or Mexican grass are used for brush-making, ropes, and textile fabrics. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mexican grass, henequen. < as lemmas |
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