American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

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

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 The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles

We saw a much-bored tiger, which gaped at us most rudely; also a greatly vaunted American aloe, of the "blooming-once-in-a-hundred-years" kind, which we all thought a fraud.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

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

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