n. 麦斯卡尔酒, 龙舌兰, 威廉斯仙人球

[医] 威廉斯仙人球, 龙舌兰酵汁

Mescal \Mes*cal"\, n. [Sp.]
A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of
agave. See {Agave}.

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}.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

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\, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. ?, fem. of ?
illustrious, noble.] (bot.)
A genus of plants (order {Amaryllidace[ae]}) of which the
chief species is the maguey or century plant ({Agave
Americana}), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy
years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it
produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in
height, and perishes. 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.