Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
   (Bot.)
   The century plant, a species of {Agave} ({A. Americana}). See
   {Agave}.

Source : WordNet®

maguey
     n 1: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source
          of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal [syn: {Agave
          atrovirens}]
     2: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse
        twine [syn: {cantala}, {Agave cantala}]