maguey
Syllables: ma·guey/məˈɡeɪ/
maguey noun: any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.
Noun
maguey (plural magueys)
- Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.
- Tequilla and mescal are similar, both liquors being distilled fom the maguey plant.1899, Consular Reports: Commerce, manufactures, etc, page 375
- “Well: hardly,” said the Consul, softly as before, casting a suspicious eye for his part in the other direction at some maguey growing beyond the barranca, like a battalion moving up a slope under machine-gun fire.1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 138
- Synonyms:
- agave, pita, century plant
maguey meaning in Tamil
maguey in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Examples of maguey in a sentence
- […]and they rode through strange forests of maguey—the aloe or century plant—with immense flowering stalks that rose forty feet into the desert air.1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
- through black fields, where tlachiqueros brought sheepskins slung across their backs full of fresh maguey juice to be fermented, and campesinos in white lined the right-of-way2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 424:
Synonyms of maguey
Forms of maguey
| plural | magueys |
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Origin of maguey
Borrowed from Spanish maguey, from Taíno *mawei.
Words formed from maguey
- Cebu maguey
- maguey worm
- red maguey worm
- white maguey worm
Words that rhyme with maguey
Questions about maguey
- What does maguey mean?
- Maguey means any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.
- What is maguey in Tamil?
- Maguey in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Maguey meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use maguey in a sentence?
- […]and they rode through strange forests of maguey—the aloe or century plant—with immense flowering stalks that rose forty feet into the desert air.
- What part of speech is maguey?
- Maguey is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maguey?
- Maguey is pronounced /məˈɡeɪ/.
- What is the plural of maguey?
- The plural of maguey is magueys.
Words near maguey in the dictionary
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