noun. Any of several large agaves of Mexico, such as Agave americana, that are used as a source of fiber, food, and sap, from which pulque is made.

noun. The fiber obtained from any of these plants or from closely related plants of the genus Furcraea.

noun. The American aloe, Agave americana.

noun. 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.

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

noun. Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.

noun. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

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

"At all events, the maguey is a source of unfailing profit, the consumption of pulque being enormous, so that many of the richest families in the capital owe their fortune entirely to the produce of their magueys."

gum maguey  

American aloe  agave  century plant  

aramid  bottlebrush  chilis  cholla  coconut  

cantala