Found 2 items, similar to Agave atrovirens.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Agave atrovirens Agave atrovirens n : Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal [syn: maguey]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Agave atrovirens Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) Any of several species of Agave, such as the century plant (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See Agave. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called cantala. [WordNet 1.5]