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Agave atrovirens

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Noun1.Agave atrovirens - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescalAgave atrovirens - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
pulque - fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
agave, American aloe, century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
genus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae


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The Garcia family cultivates the agave atrovirens species of the plant, which is used to make pulque, an alcoholic beverage that is rich in nutrients and popular since pre-Columbian times.
 
 
 
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