maguey

noun

1. any of several plants of the genus Agave, of the agave family, especially the cantala, A. cantala.
2. the fiber from these plants.
3. a rope made from this or a similar fiber.

noun

1. any of various tropical American agave plants of the genera Agave or Furcraea, esp one that yields a fibre or is used in making an alcoholic beverage
2. the fibre from any of these plants, used esp for rope

n.“agave,” 1550s, from Spanish, from Taino, a native Haitian language.