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century plant vs American agave

American agave vs century plant

century plant and American agave both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
century plant Yes No No No
American agave Yes No No No
As nouns, American agave is a hyponym of century plant; that is, American agave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than century plant:
  • 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
  • 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
Other hyponyms of century plant include Agave americana, Agave sisalana, sisal, Agave cantala, cantala, maguey, Agave atrovirens, maguey, Agave tequilana, dracaena, bear grass, Nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria.
century plant (noun) American agave (noun)
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
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