Maguey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]