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Century plant   /sˈɛntʃəri plænt/   Listen
Century plant

noun
1.
Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber.  Synonyms: agave, American aloe.






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"Century plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... a century plant with a blossom stem thirty feet high, and a posey accordin', one posey agin as high as my Josiah, and his father, and ...
— Samantha at the World's Fair • Marietta Holley



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