| NOUN | plant | Agave atrovirens, maguey | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal |
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| Meaning | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal. | |
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| Synonym | maguey | |
| Member of | genus Agave | type genus of the Agavaceae |
| Broader | agave, century plant, American aloe | Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes |
| Substances | mescal | A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) |
| pulque | fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey | |
| Spanish | maguey | |
| Catalan | maguei | |
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