maguey

Noun
  1. Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal (synset 112498252)
    is a type of: 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
    belongs to: genus agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
    substance holonym:
    • pulque - 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)
    same as: agave atrovirens
  2. Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine (synset 112498088)
    is a type of: 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
    belongs to: genus agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
    same as: agave cantala, cantala

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