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agave
Agave (noun) means a large succulent plant with sharp, spiky leaves that flowers only once, near the end of its life, and is used to make fibres and drinks such as tequila.
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A large succulent plant with sharp, spiky leaves that flowers only once, near the end of its life, and is used to make fibres and drinks such as tequila.
"It was one of the large, vicious varieties of agave, each individual plant an upturned rosette of stiff, fibrous, fleshy leaves, some of them over a meter long on the big parent plants."
— Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents (1998)
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, "Agave"), itself from ἀγαυός (agauós, "noble, illustrious").
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"agave" (noun) means a large succulent plant with sharp, spiky leaves that flowers only once, near the end of its life, and is used to make fibres and drinks such as tequila.
