century plant in English
noun
1
a stemless agave with long spiny leaves, which produces a tall flowering stem after many years of growth and then dies.
Its larger counterpart, the agave or century plant , like a tank-trap, can still be seen used as a washing line, with the clothes hung on the huge spikes.
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1. The century plant blooms only once in its lifetime.
2. 9 The century plant blooms only once in its lifetime.
3. Americana) called American aloe, or century plant, that contain the sugar Agavose, sometimes used medicinally but better known as the source of the popular alcoholic beverages pulque and mescal (or mezcal).