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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



Words linked to "Century plant" :   xerophyte, sisal, family Agavaceae, dracaena, agave family, American agave, Agave tequilana, Agave cantala, xerophile, maguey, Agave americana, desert plant, sansevieria, sisal family, bear grass, Agave sisalana, cantala, Agave atrovirens, bowstring hemp, xerophytic plant, xerophilous plant, Agavaceae, Nolina microcarpa



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