| 单词 | sisal plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmassisal plant sisal plant n. an agave plant from which sisal fibre is obtained, esp. Agave sisalana, a stout, woody plant bearing a rosette of sword-shaped leaves with a terminal spine, originally cultivated in Mexico and Central America but now widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > sisal hemp plant henequen1555 sisal1827 sisal plant1885 1885 Farm Implem. News Dec. 13/3 The sisal plant has obtained a world-wide reputation and market for use in making binder-twine. 1968 E. L. Hewett Anc. Life Mexico & Central Amer. vi. iii. 332 Here there grew up a great industry, that of the cultivation of the native sisal plant for the manufacture of hemp. 2005 F. A. Wood & G. A. F. Roberts in G. Prance & M. Nesbitt Cultural Hist. Plants xv. 300 After 6 to 7 years of growth the sisal plant sends out a flower stalk to a height of about 20 feet. < as lemmas |
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