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English noun: agave

1. agave (plant) tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber


SynonymsAmerican aloe, century plant


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 meronymAgavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family









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