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American aloe

British  

noun

  1. another name for century plant

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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. 

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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.

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At Cape Town the American aloe tree has been introduced, and vast impenetrable hedges have been formed by the interlacing of its spinelike leaves, which are often six feet in length.

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In the tropical parts are numerous palms, cacti in great variety, and various species of the agave or American aloe.

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The American aloe has been the salvation of many a traveler in the desert country of the West.

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