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- noun Plural form of
maguey .
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Known as "magueys" in Spanish, the plants have short stems with rosettes of elongated leaves.
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Known as "magueys" in Spanish, the plants have short stems with rosettes of elongated leaves.
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She grew yuccas, ocotillos, magueys, and pomegranate trees, and a big, bright swath of daffodils.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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She grew yuccas, ocotillos, magueys, and pomegranate trees, and a big, bright swath of daffodils.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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“Window to the Magueys/Ventana a los magueys” 1976/printed later Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in.
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Each crop of about 80 magueys produces about 200 litres of mescal.
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Each crop of about 80 magueys produces about 200 litres of mescal.
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The road lies through the plain, between great plantations of magueys, for this is the most renowned district in the
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor
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We measured, at the same place, magueys or agaves, the long stems of which, laden with flowers, were forty-four feet high.
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Like the magueys, it ran transversely to our course.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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