American aloe
Britishnoun
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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.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
These poles were nothing else than the long flower-stalks of the maguey or American aloe, as no other wood of sufficient length grew in the vicinity.
From Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid
The so-called American aloe has also been naturalized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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
The flowering stem of the last named, dried and cut in slices, forms Agave americana, Century plant or American aloe.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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