MAGUEY

Meaning of MAGUEY in English

noun Etymology: Spanish, from Taino Date: 1555 any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant), any of several hard fibers derived from ~s

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MAGUEY — məˈgā, ˈmagˌwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from Taino 1. a. : any of various fleshy-leaved agaves: as (1) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAGUEY — (n.) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.
Английский словарь Webster
MAGUEY — ( n. ) The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See Agave.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MAGUEY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAGUEY — n. type of Philippine plant whose fibers are used to make twine; type of Mexican plant used to make pulque …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAGUEY — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Taino Date: 1555 1. : any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant) 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAGUEY — noun the century plant, a species of agave (a. americana). ·see agave.
Webster English vocab
MAGUEY — [ 'magweɪ ] ■ noun an agave plant, especially one yielding pulque. Origin C16: via Sp. from Taino.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAGUEY — [ma.guey] n [Sp, fr. Taino] (1589) 1: any of various fleshy-leaved agaves (as the century plant) 2: any of several …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAGUEY — fibre obtained from the leaf of the plant Agave lurida, a member of the Amaryllidaccae family and native to Mexico. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAGUEY — maguey BrE AmE mə ˈɡeɪ ˈmæɡ weɪ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAGUEY — n. an agave plant, esp. one yielding pulque. [Sp. f. Haitian]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAGUEY — n. an agave plant, esp. one yielding pulque. [ Sp. f. Haitian ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAGUEY — n. an agave plant, esp. one yielding pulque. Etymology: Sp. f. Haitian
Oxford English vocab
MAGUEY — n. Pronunciation: m ə - ' g ā Function: noun Etymology: Spanish, from Taino Date: 1555 1 : any of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MAGUEY ROPE — noun see maguey 2b
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEBU MAGUEY — noun see cantala
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESCAL MAGUEY — noun 1. : mescal 2b 2. : a fiber obtained from a Mexican plant ( Agave pseudotequilana )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MANILA MAGUEY — noun : cantala
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAGUEY WORM — noun : agaveworm
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESCALERO — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: American Spanish, from mezcal, mescal maguey, mescal liquor Date: 1831 a member of an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MESCAL — noun Etymology: American Spanish mezcal, ~, from Nahuatl mexcalli liquor made from the maguey plant Date: 1887 peyote 2, 2. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAHUA — Indian population of Mexico and Central America, of whom the Aztec are the best known. Modern-day Nahua are agricultural, practicing …
Английский словарь Британика
CENTURY PLANT — or American aloe or maguey Species of agave ( Agave americana ), of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. It takes …
Английский словарь Британика
SOTOL — ˈsōˌtōl, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, from Nahuatl tzotolli 1. : a plant of the genus Dasylirion …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESCAL — noun also mez·cal (ˈ)me|skal, mə̇ˈs- ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish mescal, mezcal, mexcal, from Nahuatl mexcalli mescal (liquor), from metl …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANTALA — kan.ˈtälə noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown : a hard fiber produced from the leaves of an agave ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESCAL — noun Etymology: American Spanish mezcal, mescal, from Nahuatl mexcalli liquor made from the maguey plant Date: 1887 1. : peyote …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MESCAL — [mes.cal] n [AmerSp mezcal, mescal, fr. Nahuatl mexcalli mescal liquor] (1702) 1: a small cactus (Lophophora williamsii) with rounded stems …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS — the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Meso-America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANTALA — (Agave cantala), plant of the family agave (Agavaceae) and its fibre, belonging to the leaf-fibre group, obtained from plant leaves. …
Britannica English vocabulary
NAHUA — Middle American Indian population of central Mexico, of which the Aztecs (see Aztec) of pre-Conquest Mexico are probably the best …
Britannica English vocabulary

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