单词	century plant
释义	century plant noun : a Mexican agave (Agave americana) that takes many years to mature, flowers only once, and then dies Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Most likely your agave is the sensational century plant that grows a flower stalk to twenty feet high. Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 Agave deserti, commonly called the century plant, though my private name for it is suicide bloom, since the whole plant will die after this display, after its bushy yellow panicles spread as high as 30 feet into the sky. Claire Vaye Watkins, Outside Online, 15 May 2017 The agave, a type of century plant, lives a long life — then blooms once and dies. Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020 These insects bore into the bases of the leaves of large species of agaves, most notably Agave americana (century plants) and lay their eggs. Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020 Word History First Known Use 1827, in the meaning defined above
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