maguey
noun
magueys
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pluralof maguey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The following spring, all the magueys on the hill sprouted stalks that bore the graffiti that declared their eternal love, a bit of magical realism that’s also one of the great reveals in ranchera history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
The vegetational cover is usually open, including grasses, small oaks and pines, broad-leaved shrubs and herbs, prickly pears, magueys, thorny acacias, bracken fern, and epiphytes in trees.
From A New Species of Frog (Genus Tomodactylus) from Western Mexico by Robert G. Webb
They had passed the boy as he lay concealed among some magueys; he had heard their cries as they rushed past.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
With a quick wrench upon the rein, he once more wheeled round, set his horse against the magueys, plied the spur, and dashed right into their midst.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
