century plant

noun

any New World plant of the genus Agave, requiring many years to mature and blooming once before dying, especially the widely cultivated species A. americana, having leaves in a basal rosette and a tall flower stalk.

Also called American aloe .

Origin of century plant

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

Words nearby century plant

centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion, century, century plant, CEO, ceorl, cep, cepaceous, cèpe

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Example sentences from the Web for century plant

Name from , noble,—not inappropriate as applied to A. Americana, the Century-plant.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
She had not time to evolve a century-plant, or elaborate an oak-tree, before man would be upon it again.
Upon The Tree-Tops|Olive Thorne Miller
In one garden that we visited we saw a century-plant 222 in bud.
Palmetto-Leaves|Harriet Beecher Stowe
Well seasoned he is, of course, and suitable as a prop for a century-plant, but not for a scarlet runner!
Polly Oliver's Problem|Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for century plant

century plant

noun

an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)Also called: American aloe

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单词	century plant
释义	century plant noun any New World plant of the genus Agave, requiring many years to mature and blooming once before dying, especially the widely cultivated species A. americana, having leaves in a basal rosette and a tall flower stalk. Also called American aloe . Origin of century plant An Americanism dating back to 1755–65 Words nearby century plant centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion, century, century plant, CEO, ceorl, cep, cepaceous, cèpe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for century plant Name from , noble,—not inappropriate as applied to A. Americana, the Century-plant. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray She had not time to evolve a century-plant, or elaborate an oak-tree, before man would be upon it again. Upon The Tree-Tops\|Olive Thorne Miller In one garden that we visited we saw a century-plant 222 in bud. Palmetto-Leaves\|Harriet Beecher Stowe Well seasoned he is, of course, and suitable as a prop for a century-plant, but not for a scarlet runner! Polly Oliver's Problem\|Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin British Dictionary definitions for century plant century plant noun an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)Also called: American aloe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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