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Noun: century plant  sen-chu-ree plãnt
  1. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fibre
    - agave, American aloe

Derived forms: century plants

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

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

Encyclopedia: Century plant

Nearest

centrosome
centrosomic
Centrospermae
centrosymmetric
centrum
Centum language
Centunculus
centuple
centurion
century
century plant
CEO
ceorl
cep
cèpe
cephalad
cephalalgia
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera rubra
cephalaspid
Cephalaspida