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Webster 1913 Edition


Agave

A-ga′ve

(ȧ-gā′vē̍)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[L.
Agave
, prop. name, fr. Gr.
ἀγαυή
, fem. of
ἀγαυόσ
illustrious, noble.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (order
Amaryllidaceae
) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (
Agave Americana
), wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years, according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties. 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Agave

AGA'VE

,
Noun.
[Gr. admirable.]
1.
The American aloe. The great aloe rises twenty feet, and its branches form a sort of pyramid at the top.
2.
A genus of univalvular shells.

Definition 2024


agavé

agavé

See also: agave, Agave, and agáve

French

Noun

agavé m (plural agavés)

  1. agave
  2. nacré de la filipendule (butterfly)