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Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
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cantala
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Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) Any of several species of Agave , such as the century plant ( Agave Americana ), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the Agave atrovirens ...
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n. hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants [syn: Cebu maguey , manila maguey ] Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [syn: maguey , Agave cantala ]