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maguey

DEFINITIONS OF: maguey

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n Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

Synonyms:
Agave atrovirens
Type of:
American aloe, agave, 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

n Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Synonyms:
Agave cantala, cantala
Type of:
American aloe, agave, 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
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