agave

Definitions of agave
  1. noun
    tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
    synonyms: cabuya, pita
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    pita
    widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
    sisal
    Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
    maguey
    Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
    maguey
    Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
    drago
    tall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood
    type of:
    planta xerófila
    plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
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