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Agave

Agave Meaning & Definition
Agave Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Agave?

[n] tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Synonyms | Synonyms for Agave: American aloe | century plant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Agave:

See Also | Agavaceae | Agave americana | Agave atrovirens | Agave cantala | agave family | Agave sisalana | Agave tequilana | American agave | bear grass | bowstring hemp | cantala | desert plant | dracaena | family Agavaceae | maguey | Nolina microcarpa | sansevieria | sisal | sisal family | xerophile | xerophilous plant | xerophyte | xerophytic plant

Agave In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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