maguey

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
noun Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Borrowed from Spanish maguey, from Taíno *mawei.

=henequén=, m., maguey, American agave, hemp. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
=pulque=, m., a drink prepared from the maguey. — A First Spanish Reader, Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler
Meanwhile my comrades had crept into the magueys to wait for me. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid

Agave atrovirens

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