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AGAVE TEQUILANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Agave tequilana" is a kind of...):
agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)
Meronyms (substance of "Agave tequilana"):
tequila (Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant)
Holonyms ("Agave tequilana" is a member of...):
genus Agave (type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)