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 |
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| Synonyms | American aloe, century plant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant |
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| 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 |
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| Member meronym | Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family |
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