the agave is a plant from which a liquid is distilled that serves to make the famous mexican tequila

agave appear arid armed basal born colonies conical develop develops dies directly distilled distributed diversify diversity enormous estimated exceeding famous finishing flattened fleshy floral flowering flowers forming fructifies fructify generally genus ground growth lack leaves length liquid make margins mexican mexico monocarpic number origin original placed plant region relation robust rosette scape serves shape short size solitary some south species spines spiral stem suckers taller tequila terms thorns woody