Definitions for maguey

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maguey mag·uey

Spelling: [mag-wey, muh-gey; Spanish mah- Maguey is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in maguey (aegmuy).

Definitions for maguey

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala.
2. the fiber from these plants.
3. a rope made from this or a similar fiber.

Origin of maguey

1545-55; Spanish Taino

Examples for maguey

Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!

He married Xochitl, the woman who had offered him honey extracted from maguey.

Elections in the land of revolution and maguey are to be held on Sunday.

It was a capacious one, made of the strong plaited thread of the maguey.

The juice of the maguey, in its unfermented state, is called honey-water.

"Take your axes and cut all the maguey you can find," said the wise men.

The Aztecs, and the Toltecs before them, had the fermented juice of the maguey plant.

I behold the maguey of culture (Agave Americana), in all its giant proportions.

The maguey furnishes the native Indian with both food and clothing.

The maguey—the Agave americana—was an invaluable ally of life and civilisation.