Definition of Agave atrovirens

1. Noun. Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal.

Exact synonyms: Maguey
Terms within: Pulque, Mescal
Generic synonyms: Agave, American Aloe, Century Plant
Group relationships: Genus Agave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agave Atrovirens

Agastache
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache mexicana
Agastache nepetoides
Agastya
Agatha
Agatha Christie
Agathis
Agathis alba
Agathis australis
Agathis dammara
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
Agdestis
Agdistis
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Fishes
Age of Mammals
Age of Man
Age of Reason
Age of Reptiles
Agee
Agelaius
Agelaius phoeniceus

Literary usage of Agave atrovirens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1902)
"In ihrer Heimat erreicht die agave atrovirens ganz enorme Dimensionen, wie man sie bei uns nur ganz vereinzelt in den Gewächshäusern findet. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"... agave atrovirens, A. collina, A. Potosina, A. Tequilana and A. vivipara, growing in central Mexico. The introduction of fiber-cleaning machinery in the ..."

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