#genus_Agave type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
supertype: #liliid_monocot_genus genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
member of: #family_Agavaceae
member: #American_agave__Agave_americana widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
member: #sisal__Agave_sisalana Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
member: #maguey__cantala__agavecantala Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
member: #Agave_atrovirens__maguey Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal
member: #Agave_tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
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