| NOUN | plant | genus Agave | type genus of the Agavaceae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae. | |
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| Member of | Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family | chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants |
| Members | Agave tequilana | Mexican plant used especially for making tequila |
| American agave, Agave americana | Widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk | |
| maguey, cantala, Agave cantala | Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine | |
| maguey, Agave atrovirens | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal | |
| sisal, Agave sisalana | Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope | |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | genus agave | |
| Catalan | genus agave | |
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