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English *noun*: century plant
1.	century plant (plant) 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
		Broader (hypernym)	desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant
		Narrower (hyponym)	Agave americana, Agave atrovirens, Agave cantala, Agave sisalana, Agave tequilana, American agave, bear grass, bowstring hemp, cantala, dracaena, maguey, maguey, Nolina microcarpa, sansevieria, sisal
		Member meronym	Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family

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