[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

   2. a hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
      philippine agave cantala agave cantala; also called
      cantala.
      wordnet 1.5
see also:
agave century plant agave americana agave atrovirens pulque mescal 
cantala agave cantala 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

agave cantala
     n : philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse
         twine syn: maguey, cantala
see also:
maguey cantala 

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