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Century plant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An agave (Agave americana) originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide.
  2. 2
    tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber wordnet
  3. 3
    Other plants in the genus Agave

Etymology

So named because the plant may live for several decades before producing flowers. Once a plant flowers and produces seeds, it dies.

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