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Agave americana vs century plant

century plant vs Agave americana

Agave americana and century plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Agave americana Yes No No No
century plant Yes No No No
As nouns, century plant is a hypernym of Agave americana; that is, century plant is a word with a broader meaning than Agave americana:
  • Agave americana: widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
  • century plant: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Other hypernyms of Agave americana include agave, American aloe.
Agave americana (noun) century plant (noun)
widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Difference between Agave americana and century plant

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