资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
   (Bot.)
   The century plant, a species of {Agave} ({A. Americana}). See
   {Agave}.

Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
   vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
   -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
   those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus
   {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the
   American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important
   species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate},
   {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and
   {whitebelly}.

   {Bald-faced}, or {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American
      widgeon.

   {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.

   {Gray widgeon}.
   (a) The gadwall.
   (b) The pintail duck.

   {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.

   {Pied widgeon}.
   (a) The poachard.
   (b) The goosander.

   {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.

   {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.

   {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.

   {White widgeon}, the smew.

   {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.

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 ({A.
   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.