The Aztecs, and the Toltecs before them, had the fermented juice of the maguey plant.
The maguey—the Agave americana—was an invaluable ally of life and civilisation.
Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!
The juice of the maguey, in its unfermented state, is called honey-water.
I behold the maguey of culture (Agave Americana), in all its giant proportions.
It was a capacious one, made of the strong plaited thread of the maguey.
The maguey furnishes the native Indian with both food and clothing.
"Take your axes and cut all the maguey you can find," said the wise men.
He married Xochitl, the woman who had offered him honey extracted from maguey.
Elections in the land of revolution and maguey are to be held on Sunday.
"agave," 1550s, from Spanish, from Taino, a native Haitian language.
