American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

The so-called American aloe has also been naturalized.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

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

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

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