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