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.


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

centuples
centuplication
centuplications
centupling
centurial
centuriate
centuried
centuries
centurion
centurions
centurium
century
century break
century breaks
century egg
century plant (current term)
century plants
centzontle
centzontles
cenuris
cenurosis
cenzontli
ceorl
ceorlish
ceorls
cep
cepe
cepes
cephacetrile
cephaeline

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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