American aloe plant, 1797, from Latin Agave, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at," from gaiein &q [..]

type of succulent plant native to the Americas.

A Mexican plant with large, fleshy leaves. Fermented agave sap is used to make tequila, pulque, and mescal.

Agave americana; botanical name for the maguey cactus from which tequila, mescal and pulque are made.

Agave americana; botanical name for the maguey cactus from which tequila, mescal and pulque are made.

A native Mexican plant with broad, flat leaves that come to a point on the end and grow a single tall flower at maturity. The heart of the blue agave plant (piña) is used to make high quality tequila. [..]

While agave is best recognized as the plant from which tequila is made, it has recently become just as popular for its nectar (or syrup), known in Mexico as aguamiel (honey water). The Aztecs prized t [..]

(n) tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

A desert plant with a spike-like flower, similar to a Yucca plant.

(n.) A cactus-like perennial plant native to the American Southwest and Mexico that yields a starchy heart (the piña) More

Dessert plant, the sap of which is fermented and distilled to make tequila

A genus known for fibers obtained from their leaves: sisal from A. sisalana, henequen from A. fourcroyoides and A. cantala, or Manila-Maguey fiber from A. cantala. Some species provide a sap that is f [..]

A genus known for fibers obtained from their leaves: sisal from A. sisalana, henequen from A. fourcroyoides and A. cantala, or Manila-Maguey fiber from A. cantala. Some species provide a sap that is f [..]

This plant has fleshy, toothed leaves and was harvested for both food and fiber. The fibers were twisted into twine or cords that were used as string or rope or woven into nets (see Carrying Net below). The entire plant was dug up and roasted in an earthen oven and eaten much like a giant artichoke.

<botany> A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) 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 [..]

List of Agave species