| agave cantala | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. agave cantala, cantala, maguey | Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ genus agave | type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae. |
| cantala | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. cantala, cebu maguey, manila maguey | hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants. |
| ~ fiber, fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. |
| cebu maguey | | |
| maguey | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. agave atrovirens, maguey | Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal. |
| ~ pulque | fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey. |
| ~ mescal | a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant). |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ genus agave | type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae. |
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