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

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

My polite host took me to his green-house, and shewed me a fine specimen of that wonder of the second degree of organized existence—an American aloe, about to put forth its blossoms.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard

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

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