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Definition of American agave
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 American Agave
Literary usage of American agave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Red-spined american agave. Nat. of South America. Cult. 1640. Park, theatr. 150.
Fl. August—October. ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Common american Agave, g foliis margine ... american agave. Nat. of South America.
Cult. 1640. Park, theat. 150. ..."
3. The Medical World (1885)
"It is extracted from the american agave or "maguey," of which there are fully thirty
... Other products of the American "agave" or aloe are "aguardiente," ..."
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