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Definition of Agaves

Agave
Maguey Mag"uey, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.
Agave
Agave A*ga"ve, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. ?, fem. of ? illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidace[ae]) 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.

Meaning of Agaves from wikipedia

- including agaves and yuccas. Maguey flowers are eaten in many indigenous culinary traditions of Mesoamerica. The succulent leaves of most Agave species...
- soils. Blue agave plants grow into large succulents, with spiky fleshy leaves, that can reach over 2 metres (7 ft) in height. Blue agaves sprout a stalk...
- the decay of knowledge regarding the usage of the local agaves, with the cultivation of agaves in the entire Kumeyaay-Paipai cultural region now only occurring...
- products: Tres Agaves Organic Margarita Mix, Tres Agaves Organic Strawberry Margarita Mix, Tres Agaves ****tail-Ready Agave Nectar, and Tres Agaves Organic Bloody...
- Huffington Post Canada. Retrieved 18 March 2018. "Monocarpic Behavior in Agaves". J. C. Raulston Arboretum, North Carolina State University. June 19, 2009...
- the blue agave, and more than 300 million plants are harvested there each year. Agave grows differently depending on the region. Blue agaves grown in...
- Versuch zu einer systematischen Ordnung der Agaveen 218. 1865. Howard Scott Gentry, Agaves of Continental North America (University of Arizona Press, 1982)...
- Agave angustifolia (Caribbean agave[citation needed]) is a species of agave plant which is native to Mexico and Central America. It is used to make mezcal...
- T115698982A116354648.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. The Plant List Howard Scott Gentry, Agaves of Continental North America (University of Arizona Press, 1982) pp. 82-85...
- also manufactured from the sweet juices of this and other agaves. Vanderplank, S. (2019). "Agave deserti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e...