century plant

cen·tu·ry plant

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sen-chuh-ree plant, plahnt]
- /ˈsɛn tʃə ri plænt, plɑnt/
- /ˈsentʃəri plɑːnt/

Definitions of century plant words

noun century plant an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century) 3
noun century plant a tropical American desert agave (Agave americana) having fleshy leaves and a tall stalk that bears greenish flowers only once after 10 to 30 years and then dies: mistakenly thought to bloom only once a century 3
noun century plant any New World plant of the genus Agave, requiring many years to mature and blooming once before dying, especially the widely cultivated species A. americana, having leaves in a basal rosette and a tall flower stalk. 1
noun century plant An agave (Agave americana) originally from Mexico but cultivated worldwide. 0

before 1755

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An Americanism dating back to 1755-65

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