HyperDic: american_agave

English > 1 sense of the expression American agave:
NOUNplantAmerican agave, Agave americanawidely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk
English > American agave: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWidely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies.
SynonymAgave americana
Member ofgenus Agavetype genus of the Agavaceae
Broaderagave, century plant, American aloeTropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes
Spanishagave, pita
CatalanAgave americana, atzavara

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