Agave

What do we mean by agave?

Any of numerous plants of the genus Agave, native to hot, dry regions of the Americas and having basal rosettes of tough, usually spiny-margined leaves. Agaves are grown for ornament, fiber, and food. noun

lowercase A plant of this genus. noun

A large North American genus of plants, of the natural order Amaryllidaceæ, chiefly Mexican. noun

A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceæ) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses. noun

A plant of the genus Agave which includes the maguey or century plant. Attaining maturity, it produces a gigantic flower stem. noun

Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber noun

A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.

Words that are spelled similarly to agave:
agave, agape, agate, gave, agae, agaze, aave, agade, agage, awave, agame, amave, anave.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word agave:
mezcal, mescal, maguey, tequila, opuntia, ocotillo, ejo, nopal, pulque, aloe, yucca, sweetener, semele, succulent, foxtail, cadmus, sisal, cacti, euphorbia, americana, rosette, syrup, dionysus, harmonia, flowered, spp, fructose, sweeter, prickly, nectar, asparagus, weevil, distilling, cactus, distilled, artisanal, roasting, fermented, acorns, oaxaca, mesquite, thebes, pear, azul, caramel, stalks, stalk, dermatitis, chihuahua, cayman, pineapple, viscous, fleshy, sorghum, bottled, flowering, naturalized, embankment, distillation, sonora, cultivated, shrubs, distillery, var, blanco, madre, hemp, acacia, sap, plant, fermentation, flavor, eucalyptus, endemic, ornamental, onions, barrels, sugarcane, baja, fiber, basal, hidalgo, honey, worm, yeast, berries, juice, perennial, snout, evergreen, maize, plants, worms, tucson, spirits, genera, mexico, cane, stiff, beverages.

Words that rhyme with agave:
doug gave, drug gave, maharaja gave.

Adjectives that are often used to describe agave:
american, blue, mexican, mescal, own, wild, common, small, tall, large, mad, virgin, baked, like, sisal, spiky, innumerable, cheeked, cooked, subgenus, frenzied, leaved, giant, big, greek, dead, native, useless, poor, green, happy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective agave:
plant, nectar, plants, fiber, americana, family, leaves, sisalana, fibers, cactus, syrup, spp, juice, fibre, hearts, fibres, leaf, points, fourcroydes, plantations, stalks, cultivation, lechuguilla, thorns, species, sap, hedges, wine, flowers, knives, lecheguilla, returns, stalk, cordage, twine, utahensis, spines, heart, thread, heads, genus, atrovirens, paper, production, tequilana, growers, cord, processing, fields, tequila, cantala, pulp, brandy, trees, shoots, thorn, pass, heteracantha, bulbs, cloth, sisalina, worms, cantula, vivipara, ocotillo, franseria, plantation, bush, blossom, tree, cries, papier, belt, schnapps, roasting, cloths, exploitation, worm, yields, roots, scabra, flower, weevil, lechugilla, populations, stems, attenuata, bovicornuta, raw, cerulata, blooms.

Words that sound like agave:
agave, agaves, ogive, ago, aggrieve, agaze, agga, agade, acv, agung, a k a, a j, ajh, again, alive, above, of, achieve, gave, ugh, agape, iggy, eggo, igga, ugg, agog, ative, ugs, eggy, aleve, egging, agh, negev, akey, ackee, akiva, a game, akai, agus, egga, akkad, akia, alleve, ughh, acg, agame, encave, acuff, agoge, igou, a love, maguey, -ative, segev, ucca, agogue, duguay, egu, acclive, agush, a good, a h, agrafe, ugm, acou, agapae, igu, ofv, ofx, uhv, accoy, nick cave, the grave, agai, cave, ego, dave, ag, aga, aka, aggie, ek, agi, ega, augie, agy, chave, auga, agie, agu, argive, agha, agia, aiga, aiv, augi, aigo, eaga, eiga, agah.