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Definition of Agave americana
1. Noun. Widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies.
Generic synonyms: Agave, American Aloe, Century Plant
Group relationships: Genus Agave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agave Americana
Literary usage of Agave americana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1843)
"Picturesque Edifice.—Alacrity of the Indians.— Facade.—Pilasters, Cornices,
&c.—Encounter with an Iguana.— Another Ruined Building.—The agave americana. ..."
2. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed by Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray (1869)
"... and Vegetables—agave americana—Colonial Commodities—Cattle, and Animai Productions.
A COUNTRY extending from the sixteenth lo the thirty-seventh degree ..."
3. An Inglorious Columbus, Or, Evidence that Hwui Shăn and a Party of Buddhist by Edward Payson Vining (1885)
"... the maguey, or agave americana—Connection between the flora of America and
that of Asia—Metals and money—Laws and customs of the Aztecs—Domestic ..."
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