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agave

Agave is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter A and ends with the letter E for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana) wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years according to climate in attaining maturity when it produces a gigantic flower stem sometimes forty feet in height and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves and the wood has many uses.

Syllable Information

The word agave is a 5 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for agave is: a-ga-ve


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