Maguey

/məˈɡeɪ/

Synonyms for "maguey" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
agaveagave atrovirens

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
agave cantalaagave plant

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
aguamiel sourcecantalacentury plantmezcal plant

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
American aloeagavecentury plantplantsucculent plant

More specific

3 entries
blue magueymezcal magueypulque maguey

Collocations

6 entries
aguamiel sourcemaguey fibermaguey leafmaguey plantmezcal productionpulque production

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries
maguey fibermaguey sap

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tequilla and mescal are similar, both liquors being distilled fom the maguey plant.

Source: wiktionary

“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.

Source: wiktionary

[…]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.

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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-way

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