1. Americana) called American aloe, or century plant, that contain the sugar Agavose, sometimes used medicinally but better known as the source of the popular alcoholic beverages pulque and mescal (or mezcal).

2. Form Constants have a relationship to some forms of abstract art, especially the visual music tradition, as William Wees noted in his book Light Moving in Time about research done by German psychologist Heinrich Klüver on the form Constants resulting from mescal intoxication