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1. Agave
   (American Aloe, Century Plant, Maguey) This large group consists of rosette-forming succulents, which are usually short-stemmed, although some varieties will form stems up to 3 feet high. Agaves are mostly natives of Mexico, though some are found wild in the West Indies and a few in the United St...
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2. Agave
   mother of Pentheus in Euripides' Bacchae.
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3. agave
   [n] - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes
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4. agave
   textile fibre made of the leaves of the agave plant Category: Various industries and crafts
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5. Agave
   A·ga've noun [ Latin Agave , prop. name, from Greek ..., fem. of ... illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ ) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ( A. Americana ), wrongly cal...
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6. agave
   <botany> 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...
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7. agave
   century plant noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
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8. 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, a...
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9. Agave
   (from the article `Agavaceae`) Plants of the genus Agave are important primarily for the fibres obtained from their leaves. Sisal hemp, from A. sisalana, is the most valuable hard ... Species of the Liliales are usually perennial herbs, with fleshy stems arising from various kinds of underground stems. The order also contains ... ......
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10. Agave
    [mythology] In Greek mythology, AgavePronunciation-needed (or Agaue from Ἀγαύη, English translation: "illustrious") was the daughter of Cadmus, the king and founder of the city of Thebes, Greece, and of the goddess Harmonia. Her sisters were Autonoë, Ino and Semele, and her brother wa...
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11. Agave
    Agave (ugā'vē) : see Pentheus.
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12. agave
    agave: see amaryllis.
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13. Agave
    Agave is a genus of plants of the family Amaryllidaceae which includes the daffodil and narcissus. They are popularly known as American aloes and formerly called the century plant from the mistaken belief that it lives a hundred years before flowering, then flowers and dies. They are generally large...
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14. Agave
    In Greek mythology, Agave was a daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. She married Echion. Agave, along with her sisters refused to recognise Dionysus and mocked their sister Semele's claims that Dionysus was the son of Zeus. As a result
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15. Agave
    Agave is a cultivated variety of potato.
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16. agave
    Any of several related plants with stiff, sword-shaped, spiny leaves arranged in a rosette. All species come from the warmer parts of the New World. They include Agave sisalana, whose fibres are used for rope making, and the Mexican century plant A. americana...
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17. Agave
    A native Mexican plant with broad, flat leaves that come to a point on the end and grow a single tall flower at maturity. The heart of the blue agave plant (piña) is used to make high quality tequila. Miel de Agave.
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18. Agave
    Agave (eɪ or iː) is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies (see semelparity); they are commonly known as the century plant. In the APG III system, the genus is placed in the subfamily Agavoideae of the broadly circumscribed family Asparagaceae. ...
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