American aloe

British  

noun

1. another name for century plant

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Example Sentences

These poles were the flower stalks of the great American aloe, or maguey-plant—the only thing resembling wood that grew near.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne

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

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

From The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold by Vandercook, Margaret

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

By the same token the well-known "American aloe," or century plant, is not an aloe, but an agave.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas