əˈgävē also -āvē noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek agauē, feminine of agauos noble, illustrious, brilliant
1. capitalized : a genus of plants (family Amaryllidaceae) native to tropical America and to the southwestern United States having heavy stiff often spiny persistent leaves mostly in basal rosettes and tall panicles or spikes of flowers like candelabras and including some members that are cultivated for their fiber (as sisal), for other economic products (as mescal), or for ornament — see agavaceae , century plant , maguey , pulque
2. -s : a plant of the genus Agave
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