genus agave
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1. type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliid monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agave americana, american agave, |
| definition | : | widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agave sisalana, sisal, |
| definition | : | Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agave cantala, cantala, maguey, |
| definition | : | Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agave atrovirens, maguey, |
| definition | : | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | agave tequilana, |
| definition | : | Mexican plant used especially for making tequila (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | agavaceae, agave family, family agavaceae, sisal family, |
| definition | : | chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae (noun.plant) |
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