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| century plant |
a desert agave, once believed to flower only once in a century, with fleshy leaves and a very tall stem on which greenish flowers appear every ten to twenty years. |
| dracaena |
any of several tropical plants of the agave family, often cultivated as a houseplant. |
| dragon tree |
a tree of the agave family with sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, one source of dragon's blood. |
| henequen |
an agave plant native to Yucatan with large thick leaves. [1/2 definitions] |
| istle |
a fiber from any of various tropical American plants such as agave and yucca, used for cords, nets, carpets, and the like. |
| maguey |
any of numerous plants related to the amaryllis and found in tropical America, such as the agave and the century plant. |
| mescal |
an intoxicating liquor made in Mexico from the fermented juice of certain species of agave. [1/2 definitions] |
| sisal |
an agave plant that yields the fleshy leaves from which this fiber is made. [1/2 definitions] |
| tequila |
a strong Mexican liquor made from the fermented juice of the agave. |
| xerophyte |
a plant that can grow in a very dry or desert environment, and that often has fleshy parts and hairs or thorns, such as an agave or cactus. |
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