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Noun: agave  u'gey-vee or u'gaa-vee
  1. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fibre
    - century plant, American aloe

Derived forms: agaves

Type of: desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant

Part of: Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family

Encyclopedia: Agave

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agate line
agateware
Agatha Christie
Agathis
Agathis alba
Agathis australis
Agathis dammara
Agathis lanceolata
Agathis robusta
Agavaceae
agave
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
agave family
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
agaze
AGC
Agdestis
Agdistis