century plant

Noun century plant has 1 sense

• century plant(n = noun.plant) agave, american aloe - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber; Array
is a member of agavaceae, agave family, family agavaceae, sisal family
has particulars: agave americana, american agave, agave sisalana, sisal, agave cantala, cantala, maguey, agave atrovirens, maguey, agave tequilana, dracaena, bear grass, nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria
is a kind of desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant