Century plants

century plant

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century) Also called American aloe

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century plant - tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

agave, American aloe

Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae

Agave americana, American agave - widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies

Agave sisalana, sisal - Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope

Agave cantala, cantala, maguey - Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine

Agave atrovirens, maguey - Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

Agave tequilana - Mexican plant used especially for making tequila

dracaena - an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage

Nolina microcarpa, bear grass - stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

sansevieria, bowstring hemp - grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber

desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant - plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

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Agavaceae agave Agave americana Agave atrovirens Agave cantala agave family Agave sisalana Agave tequilana aloe American agave American aloe bear grass bowstring hemp cantala desert plant dracaena family Agavaceae maguey mescal	The dying century plants bent low in the wind, sorrowfully bowing their heads. Coues fever by Dougherty, Jim / Petersen's Bowhunting Michael Clark, owner of the Tropic of Capricorn garden store on Old Las Vegas Highway, said there are century plants -- agave parryi -- all over town, although they're not native to the area. CENTURY PLANT; 'WE SWEAR WE SEE IT GROW'; STAFF AT BACK THE RANCH ... by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) He loved the century plants at either end, or corner of the yard. The Red-Headed League of Megalith Builders by Robert Bruce Baird / Arts and entertainment industries community	Centropus sinensis Centrosema Centrosema virginianum centrosome centrosomic Centrospermae centrosphere Centrostaltic centrosymmetric centrum Centry centum Centumvir Centumviral Centumvirate Centunculus Centuple centuplicate centurial Centuriate Centuriator centuries-old centurion century century plant Century plants CEO ceorl cep cepaceous Cepevorous cephal- cephalad cephalalgia Cephalalgic Cephalanthera Cephalanthera rubra Cephalanthium cephalaspid Cephalaspida Cephalaspis Cephalata Cephalate cephalexin cephalgia cephalhematoma cephalic cephalic index cephalic vein cephalic version cephalin	Century 21 Real Estate Century Business Services Inc. Century Campus Housing Management Century Casinos, Inc. Century City Bar Association Century City Chamber of Commerce Century City Physical Therapy Century City Property Owners Association Century Consultants Ltd century date century date change century date change Century Digest Century Heritage Federal Credit Union Century II Endowment Equipment Century Indicator Century Marketing Solutions Century Mechanical Systems century meltdown Century Milestone S&T Co., Ltd. Century Mortgage Corporation Century Oaks Neighborhood Association Century Oaks West Neighborhood Association Century Place Development Corporation century plant century plant century plant Century plants Century Regional Detention Facility Century Road Club Association Century South Banks, Inc. Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. Century Training Centre Homoeopathy Century University Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd Century, Year, Month, Day centurylong centurylong centurylong Centuryplant Centuryplant Centuryplant CenturyTel of Alabama LLC CenturyTel Solutions, LLC CenturyTel Washington, Inc. cenuriasis Cenus Cenus Cenus Cenus CEnv CENVAT CENWD CENWD-MR CENWD-NP CENWO CENWOR CENWW

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Agavaceae
agave
Agave americana
Agave atrovirens
Agave cantala
agave family
Agave sisalana
Agave tequilana
aloe
American agave
American aloe
bear grass
bowstring hemp
cantala
desert plant
dracaena
family Agavaceae
maguey
mescal

The dying century plants bent low in the wind, sorrowfully bowing their heads.

Coues fever by Dougherty, Jim / Petersen's Bowhunting

Michael Clark, owner of the Tropic of Capricorn garden store on Old Las Vegas Highway, said there are century plants -- agave parryi -- all over town, although they're not native to the area.

CENTURY PLANT; 'WE SWEAR WE SEE IT GROW'; STAFF AT BACK THE RANCH ... by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

He loved the century plants at either end, or corner of the yard.

The Red-Headed League of Megalith Builders by Robert Bruce Baird / Arts and entertainment industries community

Century 21 Real Estate
Century Business Services Inc.
Century Campus Housing Management
Century Casinos, Inc.
Century City Bar Association
Century City Chamber of Commerce
Century City Physical Therapy
Century City Property Owners Association
Century Consultants Ltd
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century date change
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Century Digest
Century Heritage Federal Credit Union
Century II Endowment Equipment
Century Indicator
Century Marketing Solutions
Century Mechanical Systems
century meltdown
Century Milestone S&T Co., Ltd.
Century Mortgage Corporation
Century Oaks Neighborhood Association
Century Oaks West Neighborhood Association
Century Place Development Corporation
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Century plants

Century Regional Detention Facility
Century Road Club Association
Century South Banks, Inc.
Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc.
Century Training Centre Homoeopathy
Century University
Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd
Century, Year, Month, Day
centurylong
centurylong
centurylong
Centuryplant
Centuryplant
Centuryplant
CenturyTel of Alabama LLC
CenturyTel Solutions, LLC
CenturyTel Washington, Inc.
cenuriasis
Cenus
Cenus
Cenus
Cenus
CEnv
CENVAT
CENWD
CENWD-MR
CENWD-NP
CENWO
CENWOR
CENWW

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