tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
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Synonyms | american aloe, century plant |
Type of | desert plant, xerophyte, xerophilous plant, xerophytic plant, xerophile |
Has types | agave tequilana, american agave, bear grass, bowstring hemp, cantala, maguey, nolina microcarpa, sansevieria, sisal, dracaena, agave americana, agave atrovirens, agave cantala, agave sisalana |
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