maguey

/mag-wey, muh-gey; Spanish mah-gey/US // ˈmæg weɪ, məˈgeɪ; Spanish mɑˈgeɪ //UK // (ˈmæɡweɪ) //

马奎,马奎尔,马盖尔,马奎伊

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala.
- : the fiber from these plants.
- : a rope made from this or a similar fiber.

Ximbó — a rare form of chicken barbacoa — which, in the Indigenous Otomi language of Hñahñu Otomi, means “maguey stalks,” is hidden in the Bay Area
It was a capacious one, made of the strong plaited thread of the maguey.
We reached the town in a motor-car, passing through well cultivated fields of maguey.
These poles were the flower stalks of the great American aloe, or maguey-plant—the only thing resembling wood that grew near.
They were then tied upon poles of maguey, and set upright over the carcasses, so as to dangle and dance about in the wind.
A specimen found sitting on a maguey plant in the daytime was pale ashy gray with a pale green upper lip.