| 单词 | century plant |
| 释义 | century plant (once / 103679 pages) n WORD FAMILY century plant: century plants USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough it is known as the century plant, the American agave typically lives 10 to 30 years. US News(Feb 22, 2015) Their beautiful blooms are a miniature of those of the great Century Plant. Earle, Alice Morse, Old-Time Gardens—Newly Set Forth(2012) The thread used in making this lace is spun from the fiber of the leaves of the aloe, a plant resembling somewhat the century plant. Goldenberg, Samuel L., Lace, Its Origin and History(2012) n tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber Syn|Hypo|Hyper American aloe, agave Agave americana, American agave widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies Agave sisalana, sisalMexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope Agave cantala, cantala, magueyPhilippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine Agave atrovirens, magueyMexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal Agave tequilanaMexican plant used especially for making tequila dracaenaan agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage Nolina microcarpa, bear grassstemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico bowstring hemp, sansevieriagrown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber Dracaena draco, dragon treetall tree of the Canary Islands; source of dragon's blood African bowstring hemp, African hemp, Sansevieria guineensisbowstring hemp of South Africa Ceylon bowstring hemp, Sansevieria zeylanicaplant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green Sansevieria trifasciata, mother-in-law's tongue, snake plantstemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte |
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