(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:35:15

Je*ni"quen (?), n. [Sp. jeniquen.] Bot.

A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp (Agave rigida, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber.

[Written also heniequen.]

 

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