'Maguey' definitions:
Definition of 'maguey'
(from WordNet)
noun
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal [syn: maguey, Agave atrovirens]
noun
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [syn: maguey, cantala, Agave cantala]
Definition of 'Maguey'
From: GCIDE
- Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See Agave. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called cantala. [WordNet 1.5]