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Meaning of CENTURY PLANT

Pronunciation:  'senchuree plant

 
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 Definition: 
[n]  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
 
 See Also: Agavaceae, Agave americana, Agave atrovirens, Agave cantala, agave family, Agave sisalana, Agave tequilana, American agave, bear grass, bowstring hemp, cantala, desert plant, dracaena, family Agavaceae, maguey, Nolina microcarpa, sansevieria, sisal, sisal family, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant

 

 

 

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