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agave
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Agave
(gcide) | Agave \A*ga"ve\ ([.a]*g[=a]"v[-e]), prop. n. [L. Agave, prop.
name, fr. Gr. 'agayh`, fem. of 'agayo`s illustrious, noble.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana),
wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years,
according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a
gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and
perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans;
distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough
paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
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agave
(wn) | agave
n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave,
century plant, American aloe] |
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agave
(encz) | agave,agáve n: [bot.] macska |
Agave Americana
(gcide) | Sisal grass \Si*sal" grass`\, Sisal hemp \Si*sal" hemp`\,
The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American
aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in
Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
[1913 Webster]Pita \Pi"ta\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
(a) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other
related species, -- used for making cordage and paper.
Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
(b) The plant which yields the fiber.
[1913 Webster]Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
(Bot.)
Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century
plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
Agave.
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2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
cantala.
[WordNet 1.5]Agave \A*ga"ve\ ([.a]*g[=a]"v[-e]), prop. n. [L. Agave, prop.
name, fr. Gr. 'agayh`, fem. of 'agayo`s illustrious, noble.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana),
wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years,
according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a
gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and
perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans;
distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough
paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
[1913 Webster]Amole \A*mo"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent,
as the roots of Agave Americana, {Chlorogalum
pomeridianum}, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Century \Cen"tu*ry\, n.; pl. Centuries. [L. centuria (in
senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See
Cent.]
1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a
hundred things. [Archaic.]
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And on it said a century of prayers. --Shak.
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2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place
over two centuries ago.
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Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used
in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive
years (as, a century of temperance work), usually
signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting
of a period of one hundred years ending with the
hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first
century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh
century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century
(a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting
it with some other system of chronology it is used of
similar division of those eras; as, the first century
of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).
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3. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A division of the Roman people formed according to
their property, for the purpose of voting for civil
officers.
(b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army
was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
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Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly
supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the
name. See Agave.
The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the
first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes,
compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at
Magdeburg.
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Agave atrovirens
(gcide) | Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
(Bot.)
Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century
plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
Agave.
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2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
cantala.
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Agave cantala
(gcide) | Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
(Bot.)
Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century
plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
Agave.
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2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
cantala.
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Agave rigida
(gcide) | Ixtle \Ix"tle\, Ixtli \Ix"tli\([i^]x"tl[-e]), n.
1. (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida,
which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber
itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber.
[Written also istle.]
[1913 Webster] IxtleJeniquen \Je*ni"quen\, n. [Sp. jeniquen.] (Bot.)
A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var.
Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also hen[imac]equen.]
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Agave sisalana
(gcide) | Hemp \Hemp\ (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin
to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,
Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;
cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from
some other language at an early time. Cf. Cannabine,
Canvas.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cannabis ({Cannabis
sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for
making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to
various other plants yielding fiber.
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2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for
spinning. The name has also been extended to various
fibers resembling the true hemp.
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African hemp, Bowstring hemp. See under African, and
Bowstring.
Bastard hemp, the Asiatic herb Datisca cannabina.
Canada hemp, a species of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum),
the fiber of which was used by the Indians.
Hemp agrimony, a coarse, composite herb of Europe
(Eupatorium cannabinum), much like the American boneset.
Hemp nettle, a plant of the genus Galeopsis ({Galeopsis
Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.
Indian hemp. See under Indian, a.
Manila hemp, the fiber of Musa textilis.
Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and
Yucatan.
Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant
(Crotalaria juncea).
Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina),
related to the amaranth.
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Agave Virginica
(gcide) | Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
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Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.
Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.
Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.
Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.
Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.
Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).
Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
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agave
(wn) | agave
n 1: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous
sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some
cultivated for ornament or for fiber [syn: agave,
century plant, American aloe] |
agave americana
(wn) | Agave americana
n 1: widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-
white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to
twenty years and then dies [syn: American agave, {Agave
americana}] |
agave atrovirens
(wn) | Agave atrovirens
n 1: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is
the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal [syn:
maguey, Agave atrovirens] |
agave cantala
(wn) | Agave cantala
n 1: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making
coarse twine [syn: maguey, cantala, Agave cantala] |
agave family
(wn) | agave family
n 1: chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes
Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some
classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and
the Liliaceae [syn: Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, {agave
family}, sisal family] |
agave sisalana
(wn) | Agave sisalana
n 1: Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves
yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope [syn: sisal,
Agave sisalana] |
agave tequilana
(wn) | Agave tequilana
n 1: Mexican plant used especially for making tequila |
american agave
(wn) | American agave
n 1: widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-
white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to
twenty years and then dies [syn: American agave, {Agave
americana}] |
genus agave
(wn) | genus Agave
n 1: type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications
considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae |
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