NOUN | plant | Agave americana, American agave | widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk |
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Meaning | Widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies. | |
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Synonym | American agave | |
Member of | genus Agave | type genus of the Agavaceae |
Broader | agave, century plant, American aloe | Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes |
Spanish | agave, pita | |
Catalan | Agave americana, atzavara |
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