American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

These poles were nothing else than the long flower-stalks of the maguey or American aloe, as no other wood of sufficient length grew in the vicinity.

From Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

At the foot of a flight of steps, leading to the house door, which was guarded on either side by an American aloe in a green tub, the sedan-chair stopped. 

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Robert Allbut

This and other species yield various important products, the chief being the fibre obtained by maceration from the leaves and roots, and known commercially as American aloe, pita flax, or vegetable silk.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The flowering stem of the last named, dried and cut in slices, forms Agave americana, Century plant or American aloe.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

So adorned and radiant, this variety of the American aloe floats into the charmed circle of New Orleans society—that lively, sparkling epitome and relic of the old régime.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 by Various

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