Associations to the word «Agave»

Wiktionary

AGAVE, noun. A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant. Attaining maturity, it produces a gigantic flower stem.
AGAVE, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Agavaceae   — the agaves.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats