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ma·guey
(mə-gā′, măg′wā)n. pl. ma·gueys
1. 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.
2. The fiber obtained from any of these plants or from closely related plants of the genus Furcraea.
[Spanish, of Cariban origin.]
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maguey
(ˈmæɡweɪ)n
1. (Plants) any of various tropical American agave plants of the genera Agave or Furcraea, esp one that yields a fibre or is used in making an alcoholic beverage
2. (Textiles) the fibre from any of these plants, used esp for rope
[C16: Spanish, from Taino]
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mag•uey
(ˈmæg weɪ, məˈgeɪ)n.
1. any of several plants of the agave family, esp. the cantala, Agave cantala.
2. any of various fibers related to or resembling cantala.
[1545–55; < Sp < Taino]
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| Noun | 1. |  maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescalpulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) agave, American aloe, 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 genus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae |
| 2. |  maguey - Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twineagave, American aloe, 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 genus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae |
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