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• f[=oo]r-kr[=o]'ya, n. a neotropical genus of Amaryllidaceæ, nearly allied to Agave (q.v.), and yielding a similar fibre. [Named from A. F. de Fourcroy, a French chemist (1755-1809).]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson