"agave" meaning in English

See agave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈɡɑː.vi/, /əˈɡɑːveɪ/, /əˈɡeɪviː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-agave.wav [Southern-England] Forms: agaves [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvi Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|Ἀγαυή||Agave}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} agave (plural agaves)
  1. Any plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles, flowering at maturity after several years, and generally dying thereafter; large species, such as the maguey or century plant, (Agave americana), produce gigantic inflorescences. Several are of economic importance as sources of fibre such as sisal, and alcoholic beverages such as tequila. Synonyms: century plant Derived forms: agave worm, blue agave, butterfly agave, coast agave, Goldman agave, Shaw's agave, tequila agave Translations (genus): ագավա (agava) (Armenian), агава (agawa) (Bashkir), агаве (agave) (Bulgarian), столетник (stoletnik) (Bulgarian), atzavara [feminine] (Catalan), agave [feminine] (Catalan), 龍舌蘭 /龙舌兰 (lóngshélán) (Chinese Mandarin), metl (Classical Nahuatl), agáve [feminine] (Czech), agavo (Esperanto), agaave (Finnish), agave (Galician), Agave [feminine] (German), αγαύη (agávi) [feminine] (Greek), agávé (Hungarian), agavo (Ido), agáibhe [feminine] (Irish), agave [feminine] (Italian), 龍舌蘭 (ryōzetsuran) (alt: リュウゼツラン) (Japanese), агава (agava) (Kazakh), 용설란 (yongseollan) (alt: 龍舌蘭) (Korean), агава (agava) (Kyrgyz), sabbara tal-Amerika [feminine] (Maltese), akāwei (Māori), noodah (Navajo), agawa [feminine] (Polish), agave [masculine] (Portuguese), qara (Quechua), paqpa (Quechua), agavă [feminine] (Romanian), ага́ва (agáva) [feminine] (Russian), агава [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), agava [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zammara [feminine] (Sicilian), agáva [feminine] (Slovak), maguey [masculine] (Spanish), agave [feminine] (Spanish), pita [feminine] (Spanish), агава (ahava) [feminine] (Ukrainian), chi thùa (Vietnamese), ikaz (Western Apache), ikhamanga (Xhosa), iralibhom (Xhosa)

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      "word": "龍舌蘭 /龙舌兰"
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      "word": "sabbara tal-Amerika"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "agawa"
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      "word": "ага́ва"
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      "word": "zammara"
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      "word": "agáva"
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      "sense": "genus",
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      "word": "maguey"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "chi thùa"
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      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "ikhamanga"
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