American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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American aloe

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 James Orton

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 Sir Edward Belcher

The maguey, or American aloe, is the most abundant and widely distributed of the native plants.

From Arizona Sketches by J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk

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

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

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