Noun: maguey mu'gey or 'mag,wey
- Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colourless Mexican liquor, mescal
"Traditional maguey cultivation remains important in central Mexico";
- Agave atrovirens
- Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
"Maguey fibre is traditionally used for making fishing nets";
- cantala, Agave cantala
Derived forms: magueys
Type of: agave, American aloe, century plant
Part of: genus Agave
Encyclopedia: Maguey