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maguey

Noun

mag=uey

WORDNET DICTIONARY

maguey(n = noun.plant) agave atrovirens - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal; Array

is a kind of agave, american aloe, century plant

is a member of genus agave

maguey(n = noun.plant) agave cantala, cantala - Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine; Array

is a kind of agave, american aloe, century plant

is a member of genus agave

maguey, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.].

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]
A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called cantala. [WordNet 1.5]

maguey, n. an agave plant, esp. one yielding pulque.

Etymology

Sp. f. Haitian

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