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Maguey definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAG'UEY, a. A species of aloe in Mexico, which furnished the natives with timber for their buildings. Its leaves were used for covering the roofs of their houses,and for paper, clothing and cordage.
The maguey is a species of the Genus Agave, and is now cultivated in Mexico, for the purpose of preparing from its leaves a spirituous liquor called pulque.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal [syn: maguey, Agave atrovirens]
2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [syn: maguey, cantala, Agave cantala]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Spanish, from Taino Date: 1555 1. any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant) 2. any of several hard fibers derived from magueys; especially cantala

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an agave plant, esp. one yielding pulque. Etymology: Sp. f. Haitian

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Maguey Mag"uey, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.