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Definition of Century plant
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
Definition of Century plant
1. Noun. An agave (''Agave americana'') originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Century Plant
Literary usage of Century plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Inglorious Columbus, Or, Evidence that Hwui Shăn and a Party of Buddhist by Edward Payson Vining (1885)
"... language between milk and the sap of the century-plant—The Chinese "lo," or
koumiss—The liquor made from the sap of the century-plant—Its resemblance ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"a native of tropical America, the so-called century plant or American aloe ...
century plant or American aloe. 1. Flower ; 2, same flower split open above ..."
3. The American Friends' Peace Conference Held at Philadelphia Twelfth Month by American Friends' peace conference (1902)
"What a century plant, with its deadly bloom in every civilized country on the globe!
Because the Church has blessed and shouted over the armies, God's law, ..."
4. A New History of the Conquest of Mexico: In which Las Casas' Denunciations by Wilson, Robert Anderson, 1812- (1859)
"... 117—The vegetation and climate changing, 118—A view of all the vegetable
kingdoms, 119— The century plant, 120—Morning twilight, 121—The desert, ..."
5. Travels and Adventures in Mexico: In the Course of Journeys of Upward of by William W. Carpenter (1851)
"century plant. — Horned Frog. SEVERAL days had elapsed since an exchange of
prisoners had been made, and I was still detained. I determined, therefore ..."
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