n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' gä-v ē
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Agave, genus name, from Latin, a daughter of Cadmus, from Greek Agau ē
Date: circa 1797
: any of a genus ( Agave of the family Agavaceae, the agave family) of plants having spiny-margined leaves and flowers in tall spreading panicles and including some cultivated for their fiber or sap or for ornament
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