Crossword clues for maguey
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal; and the cantala ( Agave cantala), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See Agave.
2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala ( Agave cantala); also called cantala.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"agave," 1550s, from Spanish, from Taino, a native Haitian language.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, ''Agave americana''.
WordNet
n. Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal [syn: Agave atrovirens]
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine [syn: cantala, Agave cantala]
Wikipedia
Maguey may refer to various American plants:
- Genus Agave, mescal; especially
- Species Agave americana, century plant
- Genus Furcraea, a source of natural fiber
Usage examples of "maguey".
A two-foot-long, bulky piece of maguey stalk had been carved so that the porous tissue served as a pillow, or a neckrest.
The pants and shirt were made of coarse-spun indio cotton and maguey, the sandals were hemp.
Like the huipil blouse and skirt worn by the india and half-caste women, hundreds of male figures in the rough cotton shirt, pants, and woven maguey mantas would throng the plaza.
I disappeared into the maguey field out of sight of the travelers and any indio defending the field against thieves.
The maguey was a warrior of the plant world, not only because its tall, slender leaves rose like a bunch of spears, but because of the power of its nectar and the uses of its flesh.
But, ah, like that woman who provided the necessities of life, the maguey was also full of an intoxicating spirit.
Mayahuel and from her sprang the maguey plant that produces the intoxicating pulque.
Crouching low, I went into the maguey field, away from the area where people were camped.
I hated the sour, rancid flesh taste and smell of the unfermented juice of the maguey, but it would ward off starvation.
From a pack on the mule he gave me pants and a shirt that were made of a coarse maguey material to put on instead of my softer cotton clothes.
He twittered a bit and then prescribed pulverized avocado seed and crushed plantain in raw, unfermented maguey juice.
Wheat, maize, beans, peppers, and squash were raised near the river, maguey for pulque, and indio products grew in the more arid areas.
The light was dull, but my light-starved eyes felt stabbed with maguey needles as I stared at it.
I carried the traditional indio manta over my right shoulder and under my left arm and a blanket rolled up around a woven maguey rope over my left shoulder.
If I attacked them, they would impale me like thorns in a maguey branch.