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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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