American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

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

Agave americana.—This plant is commonly known as American aloe, but it is not a member of that family, as it claims kindred with the Amaryllis tribe of plants.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

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 Allbut, Robert

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 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