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Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..

Tequila :: Tequila (n.) An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico..

Mecate :: Mecate (n.) A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc..

Maguey :: Maguey (n.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave..

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