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Agave
| agave americana
| agave atrovirens
| agave cantala
| agave family
| agave sisalana
Agave
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Agave has 1 sense
- agave(n = noun.plant) american aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber; Array is a member of agavaceae, agave family, family agavaceae, sisal family
has particulars: agave americana, american agave, agave sisalana, sisal, agave cantala, cantala, maguey, agave atrovirens, maguey, agave tequilana, dracaena, bear grass, nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria
is a kind of desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
Agave, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. , fem. of illustrious, noble.].
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ ) 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Agave, n. any plant of the genus Agave, with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves, and tall inflorescences, e.g. the American aloe.
Etymology
L f. Gk Agaue, proper name in myth f. agauos illustrious
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