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Definisjon av century plant

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Noun
century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
agave, American aloe
desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
agavaceae, agave family, family agavaceae, sisal family chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
agave americana, american agave widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
agave sisalana, sisal Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
agave cantala, cantala, maguey hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants
agave atrovirens, maguey Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
agave tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
dracaena an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage
nolina microcarpa, bear grass stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
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century plant - An agave Agave americana originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide.

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