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Maguey

noun
1.
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal.  Synonym: Agave atrovirens.
2.
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine.  Synonyms: Agave cantala, cantala.



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Cebu maguey
manila maguey


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"Maguey" Quotes from Famous Books



... americana; the maguey of Mexico) is found in the Philippines, and is called pita, but Delgado and Blanco think that it was not indigenous there. Its fibers were used in former times for making the native textile called ...
— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga


Words linked to "Maguey" :   pulque, cantala, genus Agave, century plant, Cebu maguey, mescal, manila maguey, agave, Agave cantala, American aloe, Agave atrovirens


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