different between agave vs henequen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?, “Agave”), from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????ve?/, /???e?vi?/
• Rhymes: -e?vi

Noun

agave (plural agaves)

1. A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Agave on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Agave on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Agave on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• agave at USDA Plants database
• aloe
• maguey

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave c (singular definite agaven, plural indefinite agaver)

1. agave

Declension

Further reading

• “agave” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?av/

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave f

1. agave

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave (plant of the genus Agave)

Spanish

Etymology

From translingual Agave, from Ancient Greek ????? (Agau?), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ?????? (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??abe/, [a???a.??e]

Noun

agave m (plural agaves)

1. agave

   Synonym: pita

See also

• maguey
• mezcal

Further reading

• “agave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• heniquen
• heniquin
• jeniquen

Etymology

From Spanish henequén, probably of Taíno origin.

Noun

henequen (countable and uncountable, plural henequens)

1. A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
2. The fibre from this plant (sometimes mistakenly called sisal, which is from Agave sisalana).