agaves

aga*ve

noun

{bc}any of a genus ({it}Agave{/it} of the family Agavaceae, the agave family) of plants having spiny-margined leaves and flowers in tall spreading panicles and including some cultivated for their fiber or sap or for ornament

blue agave

noun

{bc}a Mexican {d_link|agave|agave} ({it}Agave tequilana{/it}) that has bluish- to greenish-gray swordlike leaves with spiny margins and is typically cultivated for the production of {d_link|tequila|tequila} and sometimes grown as an ornamental