genus agave

Noun
  1. Type genus of the Agavaceae;
    In some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae (synset 112497407)
    is a type of: liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
    member holonym:
    • agave americana, american agave - widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
    • agave sisalana, sisal - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
    • agave cantala, cantala, maguey - Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
    • agave atrovirens, maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
    • agave tequilana - Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
    belongs to: agavaceae, agave family, family agavaceae, sisal family - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae

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