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Deutsche Agave Synonyme

agave  

Englische agave Synonyme

Agave Definition

Agave
(n.) 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 of the Mexicans

agave / agaves Bedeutung

Agavaceae
family Agavaceae
agave family
sisal family
chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae), comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
agave
century plant
American aloe
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes, some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
genus Agave type genus of the Agavaceae, in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
American agave
Agave americana
widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk, blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
sisal
Agave sisalana
Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
maguey cantala Agave cantala Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
maguey Agave atrovirens Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
Agave tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
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