maguey

ma·guey

M0036600 (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.

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[Spanish, of Cariban origin.]

maguey

(ˈmæɡweɪ) n1. (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 beverage2. (Textiles) the fibre from any of these plants, used esp for rope[C16: Spanish, from Taino]

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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescalAgave atrovirenspulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the magueymescal - 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 fibergenus 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 cantala, cantalaagave, 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 fibergenus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae