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butterfly agave

butterfly agave noun: a kind of agave (Agave potatorum).

Noun

butterfly agave (plural butterfly agaves)

  1. A kind of agave (Agave potatorum).
    Synonyms:
    drunkard agave

Synonyms of butterfly agave

  • drunkard agave

Forms of butterfly agave

pluralbutterfly agaves

Origin of butterfly agave

Calqued from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”). Cf. Spanish papalometl, papalomé.

Questions about butterfly agave

What does butterfly agave mean?
Butterfly agave means a kind of agave (Agave potatorum).
What part of speech is butterfly agave?
Butterfly agave is a noun.
What is the plural of butterfly agave?
The plural of butterfly agave is butterfly agaves.

Words near butterfly agave in the dictionary

  1. butterflower
  2. butterflowers
  3. butterfly
  4. butterfly adder
  5. butterfly adders
  6. butterfly agave
  7. butterfly agaves
  8. butterfly app
  9. butterfly ballot
  10. butterfly ballots
  11. butterfly bend

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