American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

My polite host took me to his green-house, and shewed me a fine specimen of that wonder of the second degree of organized existence—an American aloe, about to put forth its blossoms.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard

The American aloe, from which cordage is made; similar to the piña of Manila.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Another tropical plant, seen at the North in greenhouses, but here growing ten feet high in the open air, is the American aloe or century-plant.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various

A very useful as well as the most ordinary plant in the valley is the American aloe, or "Century Plant."

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

The American aloe has been the salvation of many a traveler in the desert country of the West.

From The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold by Vandercook, Margaret