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ALL meanings of maguey

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  • noun maguey any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala. 1
  • noun maguey the fiber from these plants. 1
  • noun maguey a rope made from this or a similar fiber. 1
  • noun maguey An agave plant, especially one yielding pulque. 1
  • noun maguey Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana. 0
  • noun maguey 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 0
  • noun maguey the fibre from any of these plants, used esp for rope 0
  • noun maguey any of a number of fleshy-leaved, fiber-yielding agaves of the SW U.S., Mexico, and Central America; esp., the century plant and species used in making rope, pulque, and tequila 0
  • noun maguey any of several other plants (genus Furcraea) of the same family 0
  • noun maguey any of several kinds of tough fibers from these plants 0
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