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maguey |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The century plant, a species of {Agave} ({A. Americana}). See {Agave}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maguey n 1: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal [syn: {Agave atrovirens}] 2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [syn: {cantala}, {Agave cantala}]
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