maguey

• ⇰ Any of several species of <gen>Agave</gen>, such as the century plant (<spn>Agave Americana</spn>), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the <spn>Agave atrovirens</spn>, a Mexican plant used especial
• ⇰ A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave <prodby>cantala</prodby> (<spn>Agave cantala</spn>); also called cantala>.