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century plant vs maguey

maguey vs century plant

century plant and maguey both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
century plant Yes No No No
maguey Yes No No No
As nouns, maguey is a hyponym of century plant; that is, maguey is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than century plant:
  • 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
  • maguey: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
Other hyponyms of century plant include Agave americana, American agave, Agave sisalana, sisal, Agave cantala, cantala, Agave atrovirens, Agave tequilana, dracaena, bear grass, Nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria.
century plant (noun) maguey (noun)
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
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