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Definition of American aloe
1. Noun. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber.
Group relationships: Agavaceae, Agave Family, Family Agavaceae, Sisal Family
Specialized synonyms: Agave Americana, American Agave, Agave Sisalana, Sisal, Agave Cantala, Cantala, Maguey, Agave Atrovirens, Maguey, Agave Tequilana, Dracaena, Bear Grass, Nolina Microcarpa, Bowstring Hemp, Sansevieria
Generic synonyms: Desert Plant, Xerophile, Xerophilous Plant, Xerophyte, Xerophytic Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Aloe
Literary usage of American aloe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1849)
"V. Notes on the American aloe. By W. SAUNDERS, New Haven, Conn. There are few
greenhouses where a specimen of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"JS The common large American aloe. The Speciei are ; 2. ALOE Americana miner.
Munt. The lefler American aloe. 3. ALOE Americana ex У er a Cruce, ..."
3. Letters from the Ægean by James Emerson Tennent (1829)
"American aloe.—Hedges of, illustrative of Passage in Micah and Proverbs.—Milo.—British
Consul and his family.—SINGULAR COSTUME OF THE WOMEN OF MILO. ..."
4. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"The name of Aloe is so frequently applied in conversation to the American aloe,
or Agave, that many persons are not aware that the true Aloe is not only ..."
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