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# agave

«agave» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plant with thick, spiky, sword-shaped leaves that grows…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an agave, agaves)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An agave is a plant with thick, spiky, sword-shaped leaves that grows in hot, dry places, mainly Mexico and the south-west USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#m1)

2) Agave syrup (agave nectar) is a sweet syrup made from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#m2)

3) Agave is also a name given to a girl or woman, such as a character in Greek myths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is an example of a plant adapted to the desert, storing water in its thick leaves. In food it is a sweetener. Phrases: agave syrup, blue agave, century plant.

### examples

- The agave stores water in its fat, spiky leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x1)
- Some agaves flower only once after many years and then die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x2)
- Mum uses agave syrup instead of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x3)
- Be careful — agave leaves have sharp tips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x4)
- The agave is sometimes called the century plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x5)
- Agaves grow in dry, sunny gardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x6)
- The children of Cadmus and Harmonia were one son, {205} Polydorus, and four daughters, Autonoe, Ino, Semele, and Agave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/#x7)

### note

Countable. Said a-GAH-vee. Myth: the "century plant" does not take a hundred years to flower — usually 10 to 30. Agave is not a cactus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agave» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agave/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.