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A drink made in Mexico and some parts of Central America from the fermented sap of the agave or maguey (Agave americana); = octli, n. Cf. mescal, n.
Among the Aztecs: = pulque, n.
A plant of dry regions belonging to the genus Dasylirion of the family Agavaceæ, native to south-western North America and bearing linear leaves and…