Century Plant — synonyms, definition

1. century plant (Noun)

American aloe agave

century plant (Noun) — Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fibre.

desert plant xerophile xerophilous plant xerophyte xerophytic plant Agave americana Agave atrovirens Agave cantala Agave sisalana Agave tequilana American agave Nolina microcarpa bear grass bowstring hemp cantala dracaena maguey sansevieria sisal Agavaceae agave family family Agavaceae sisal family