agave
pronunciation
How to pronounce agave in British English:
UK [əˈɡeɪvi; əˈɡɑːvi]
How to pronounce agave in American English:
US [ əˈɡɑːvi]
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- Noun:
- tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Word Origin
- agave (n.)
- American aloe plant, 1797, from Latin Agave, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at," from gaiein "to rejoice, exult," with intensive prefix a-. The name seems to have been taken generically by botanists, the plant perhaps so called for its "stately" flower stem.
Example
- 1. Keywords to look for on the label : 100 % agave .
- 2. What brand is acknowledged as the first 100 % blue agave tequila imported into the us ?
- 3. Our product comes 100 % from the agave plant , and we introduce the brand that way .
- 4. Mexico the agave worm is eaten on tortillas , and grasshoppers are toasted
- 5. Agave nectar comes from the same plant that tequila is made from .