agave family

aga′ve fam`ily

n.

a family, Agavaceae, of fibrous low shrubs and plants with sword-shaped leaves at the base of the stem and a tall spike of flowers: includes the agave, century plant, and yucca.

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agave family - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, sisal family liliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils Liliales, order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae agave, American aloe, 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 genus Agave - type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae Cordyline, genus Cordyline - Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants Dracaenaceae, Dracenaceae, subfamily Dracaenaceae, subfamily Dracenaceae - one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae genus Dracaena - Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae genus Nolina, Nolina - perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico genus Polianthes, Polianthes - genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae genus Sansevieria - Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae genus Yucca - tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae

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