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American agave vs century plant

century plant vs American agave

American agave and century plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
American agave Yes No No No
century plant Yes No No No
As nouns, century plant is a hypernym of American agave; that is, century plant is a word with a broader meaning than American agave:
  • American agave: 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 American agave include agave, American aloe.
American agave (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
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